The Cambodian Court and Integral Criminal Justice; Approaches and Challenges

The Cambodian court is one of the courts known as mixed or international courts in terms of the participation of national sovereignty and its constituent institutions and organizations and for the purpose of integrating criminal justice influenced by national and international institutions, this article has been interpreted as integrated criminal justice. The purpose of this paper is therefore to identify this court as an integral criminal justice and to explain its approaches and challenges in the international system.

This research is based on descriptive and analytical method and based on library documents and resources.

The extraordinary branches of the Cambodian courts were formed in 2006 to try former Cambodian senior leaders and perpetrators of crimes committed during the democratic Kampuchea era, also known as the Khmer Rouge. During this period, at least 1.7 million people perished because of hunger, torture, execution and forced labor. Thus, crimes against humanity, genocide and blatant violations of the Four Geneva Conventions were among the most significant international crimes that the tribunal faced. The Cambodian Interim Tribunal, despite the agreement between the Cambodian Government and the United Nations, inspired by international documents and observance of legal principles, while pursuing justice, strengthening the rule of law and creating national reconciliation in Cambodia, pursued criminals, but there have also been challenges in integrating criminal justice.