August 11, 2019
Noun Chea (with sunglasses) and members of his defense team, including Doreen Chen (far left), Son Arun (front left) and Suon Visal (front right) in the courtroom for a trial hearing on January 8, 2015. (ECCC)

After Death, Nuon Chea’s Genocide Conviction on Uncertain Ground

Legal experts and the Khmer Rouge tribunal spokesman said the law requires Khmer Rouge regime second-in-command Nuon Chea’s appeal of his genocide conviction to end following his death last week, calling into question whether the 2018 charges will stand.