On 28 December 2023, about 150 students from Bun Rany Hun Sen Chan Thnal high school, Samaki Munichey district, Kampong Speu province participated in the outreach study tour organized by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to learn about the KR trials and legacy, the Cambodian history related to Democratic Kampuchea Regime in Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and Cheong Ek Genocide Centre.
During the visit in Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, the group was also presented by a Public Affairs Officer of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal on the achievement of the ECCC obtained from the trials and the residual functions that the Chamber is currently conducting. Then the group continued to visit the Cheong Ek Genocide Centre to learn about the tragedy left behind by the brutal Khmer Rouge regime.
The weekly ECCC outreach study tour, coordinated and lead by the Public Affairs Section is conducted for students, young people, and the public seeks to raise awareness about the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge regime. AS more than 600,000 members of the national and international public have taken part in outreach study tours since 2009 until the present day, 2023, with the Public Affairs Section of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal coordinating them.
