The ECCC willhear the case from August 16-19 and keep August 20-27 as reserve dates if thehearing needs to be extended.
Samphan was convicted by the ECCC Trial Chamber for crimesagainst humanity, war crimes and genocide. He was sentenced to life in prisonin 2018 but has since appealed to the Supreme Court Chamber.
ECCC spokesman Neth Pheaktra said on August 12 that Samphanwas in good health and would attend the hearing with his lawyers.
ECCC, the UN-backed tribunal, was set up in 2006 to seek justice for victims of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979./.