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International relations
Australia welcomes the judgment handed down today in Phnom Penh by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC).
In this judgment, the ECCC found Khieu Samphan, former head of state of Democratic Kampuchea, and Nuon Chea, former Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity, including murder, extermination, enslavement, forced marriages and rape within the context of forced marriage.
Media release: Guilty verdict in Khmer Rouge trials
Last Updated: 19 November 2018