Genocide is an atrocity of crime under the International Crimes that were defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in 1949. Despite being the crime of crimes, genocide is a very peculiar due to its specific elements and limited scope of application. During the Khmer Rouge Regime where this crime was committed by Pol Pot and its senior executives onto 2 minorities and 1 majority population of Cambodian.
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, an ad hoc judicial body that was formed with the assist of the International Community. In order to extinguish the grudges of the people on those responsible for the massacre of civilians in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. This court had the international participation that will apply international standards, making the International Criminal Law the main law governing this trial. And genocide is the main crimes the court is most focused on where the Genocide Convention was indicted onto the most senior responsible for committing this atrocity and seek justice for the victims.
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore and analyses the major development which set motions for the judgement of genocide upon the perpetrators. Where it stands the ECCC could not gave a full length of justice and punishment onto the perpetrators since a majority of the victims did not qualify as a protected group under the current genocide law. And submit a proposal for an expansion of protected group onto ECCC Case and Cambodia Law.