Performance and Perception: The Impact of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

This report attempts to examine both how the ECCC has performed, and how Cambodians perceive its performance. It seeks first to analyze the ECCC’s record to date in meeting its primary goal of providing justice to the victims of the KR by establishing credible accountability for the highest level perpetrators and thus ending impunity for the worst crimes of the KR. Second, this report examines the court’s record in meeting its secondary goals of contributing to an improved domestic justice system, healing and reconciliation for victims and perpetrators, and a better general understanding of what happened during the KR regime.