ABSTRACT
Considering that the crimes being investigated at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) occurred at least 10 years before those currently being prosecuted in other international and hybrid criminal courts, it seems illogical that the ECCC is the newest. However, taking into account the almost-20 years of conflict in Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge was removed from power in 1979, combined with the effect that global and regional cold war politics had on Cambodia’s ability to undertake this process, the long delay in the ECCC’s establishment is understandable.
