Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 04/2009

Telling the Story: Documentation Lessons for Afghanistan from the Cambodian Experience

Scott Worden, Rachel Ray Steele

December 2008

United States Institute of Peace

Abstract

USIP recently co-sponsored a conference in Cambodia to highlight lessons learned about war crimes documentation for Afghan human rights practitioners. USIP's Scott Worden, who organized the event, reports that a broad range of documentation techniques from computer databases to memorials are available to tell victims' stories in a way that promotes healing and a greater understanding of the past.