Phnom Penh (VNA) - The European Union will donate 1 million euros (roughly 1.3 million USD) for a project supporting the Khmer Rouge Tribunal via the Extraordinary Chambers and International Criminal Court Justice, the Cambodian Light newspaper reported on Apr. 5.

The money will be channelled through the European Initiate for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), Thon Savai, President of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (Adhoc), was quoted by the newspaper as saying.

The three-year project, which will be implemented by EIDHR, Adhoc and the Oxfam Novid organisation, is aimed at providing information and legal support for victims of the Khmer Rouge regime and administration assistance for judges serving at the trial of the former Khmer Rouge leaders.-Enditem