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Justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal Even after four decades, Cambodia continues to grapple with the legacy of the Khmer Rouge regime, which decimated a quarter of its population through forced labour, starvation, torture, and murder between 1975 and 1979. Despite the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), commonly known as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, convicting three top leaders, lower-level perpetrators have escaped accountability. The rejection of the appeal of the former Khmer Rouge head of state, the last surviving leader of the regime, marks the end of the tribunal’s judicial work. Consequently, the Khmer Rouge Tribunal is currently in its residual phase, transitioning from the former hybrid court into a lasting national legacy institution, the Cambodian Institute for Peace and Remembrance. |
