Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, widely known as the Cambodian Tribunal or the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, was established to prosecute the senior leaders and those most responsible for crimes committed during the Cambodian genocide of 17 April 1975 to 6 January 1979, including crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Created through a 1997 agreement between the Royal Government of Cambodia and the United Nations that was signed on 6 June 2003, with its judges sworn in during July 2006, it functioned as a hybrid court, seated in Phnom Penh and combining Cambodian and international judges, staff, and legal procedure to apply international standards within the national court system. The tribunal concluded in December 2022 having secured three convictions, each resulting in a life sentence, and closed after the last defendant's appeal was denied, with no other living senior Khmer Rouge figures left eligible for indictment.