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September 23, 2022

A UN-backed tribunal on Khmer Rouge crimes just confirmed the conviction of key leader Khieu Samphan. What now?

Rosemary Grey, University of Sydney and Rachel Killean, University of Sydney

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.

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. EPA Images

August 13, 2019

Khmer Rouge genocide: Nuon Chea’s death has major implications for justice in Cambodia

Rachel Killean, Queen's University Belfast and Peter Manning, University of Bath

Does there need to be a conviction for a genocide to be recognised by the law?

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. AP Photo/Heng Sinith

April 17, 2018

A scholar’s journey to understand the needs of Pol Pot’s survivors

John Ciorciari, University of Michigan

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. AP Photo/Heng Sinith

April 17, 2018

Bearing witness to Cambodia’s horror, 20 years after Pol Pot’s death

George Chigas, UMass Lowell

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.

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