A Study about Victims’ Participation at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and Gender-Based Violence under the Khmer Rouge Regime

Under Khmer Rouge rule (1975-1979), one of the most brutal regimes in world history was unleashed. It subjected the Cambodian population to forced transfer and evacuation, forced labor, torture, imprisonment and execution. An estimated 1.5 million – a quarter of the then population – died under the regime from execution, overwork or starvation. Whilst such atrocities are well documented, comparatively little research has been undertaken into the gender-based violence that occurred