If we can draw anything positive from the recent controversy surrounding the personnel change at the Victims Unit, it is that this brings the victims themselves more directly into the discussion at the ECCC. The actions of the VU will undoubtedly be the most lasting legacy of the Court. The debate about Dr. Jarvis' qualifications, her politics or her ethnicity go far beyond her as an individual. Rather, they go to the core of the ECCC's mission: who can best represent the interests of the Khmer Rouge victims? These were issues that perhaps should have been settled long before the Court opened its doors, but the conversation should be welcomed, nonetheless.
I propose the following solution: If the ECCC is serious about its mission, Dr. Jarvis should announce that she will hold the directorship of the Victims' Unit only until a thorough and competitive job search can be conducted, in which she is welcome to submit her name as a candidate, to ensure that the person who holds this crucial position is both highly qualified and free from the taint of political bias.
I propose the following solution: If the ECCC is serious about its mission, Dr. Jarvis should announce that she will hold the directorship of the Victims' Unit only until a thorough and competitive job search can be conducted, in which she is welcome to submit her name as a candidate, to ensure that the person who holds this crucial position is both highly qualified and free from the taint of political bias.
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