A woman prays in front of skulls at a memorial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, marking the genocide that happened under the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s.
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While the Genocide Convention has helped raise awareness and prevent ethnic violence from escalating, it has not stopped many accusations of genocides, including violence in Darfur and in Ukraine.
The aftermath of U.S. bombs in Neak Luong, Cambodia, on Aug. 7, 1973.
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As he prepares to hand over power to his son after 38 years in power, veteran Cambodian leader Hun Sen, has come a long way since his early days as a Khmer Rouge fighter.
Cambodian PM Hun Sen takes a selfie – but where will he post it now?
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Social media account of Cambodia’s long-serving leader was deleted amid a spat with Facebook over videoed threats of violence against opposition supporters.
President Richard Nixon, left, speaks with national security adviser Henry Kissinger at the White House in September 1972.
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Henry Kissinger’s influence on US foreign policy was profound. His transactional approach – avowedly values free – included support of murderous and genocidal foreign leaders.
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Many Khmer Rouge leaders died before they could be indicted, and attempts to prosecute other suspects were blocked by the Cambodian government. Now, attention is turning to the tribunal’s legacy.
Community health workers assist patients as they gather their medications and supplements to discuss them during remote visits with pharmacists.
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Studying medication use in a traumatized population of immigrants required pharmacists to listen to and learn from trusted community health workers.
Former Khmer Rouge Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, Nuon Chea, in the courtroom during a 2011 public hearing at the (ECCC), in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Does there need to be a conviction for a genocide to be recognised by the law?
The tribunal in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh is looking at whether some actions of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime meet the United Nations definition of genocide.
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A potentially historic ruling on genocide by a tribunal in Cambodia on Friday could unsettle understandings of the past among Cambodians - and create a precedent in international law.
A tourist photographs the stupa of human remains at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center.
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Caroline Bennett, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
A new Netflix series focusing on tourism to sites of historic disasters or atrocities delivers no more than a contemporary version of a freak show.
Cambodian villagers walk to a courtroom before appeal hearings for two Khmer Rouge senior leaders facing charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Research on profound human suffering requires more than intellectual understanding of legal and political mechanics. It requires a human journey that goes deeply into victims’ experiences and needs.
How do survivors find healing? Chum Mey, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime, walks past a portrait of Nuon Chea, a former Khmer Rouge leader.
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The accounts of survivors of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge show how they were able to find justice and healing by breaking their silence and speaking on behalf of those who were killed.
Sareum Srey Moch plays Loung Ung in this story of the Khmer Rouge genocide.
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First They Killed My Father works hard to achieve authenticity in a genre that is as old as cinema itself.
Former Chadian leader Hissene Habre being escorted in to stand trial at the Palais de Justice in Dakar, Senegal in 2015. He was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison in 2016 by judges of the Extraordinary African Chambers for crimes against humanity, rape, sexual slavery.
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There are fears that the withdrawal of countries from the ICC would mark the end of international criminal justice in Africa. This need not be the case.