Khmer Rouge Tribunal

The ECCC delivers its final verdict with closure on the horizon.

After $350 million, long delays, and just three convictions, many people have asked whether the tribunal was worth the expense and effort.

"The question of how to stabilize and rebuild a society that had been at war with itself for thirty years is extraordinarily complex and delicate."

"No what matter what you decide I will die in prison… that’s the end," Khieu Samphan told the court.

Khieu Samphan's lawyers have called for judges to dismiss the genocide conviction handed down against him in 2018.

The impending closure of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal must be recognized as the beginning of a new chapter in Cambodia’s search for justice.

A conversation with Helen Jarvis, a genocide scholar and tribunal stalwart.

While justice remains elusive, efforts to document what occurred during the period offer more encouragement.  

In 1992, the Khmer Rouge leader insisted he had no regrets about the past.

Despite two sentencings, questions on the quest for justice remain.

As the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia prepares its final verdict, a look back at its legacy.