The aim of this PhD project is to ask whether victims and civil parties before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia have benefitted from their participation before the tribunal in Cases 001 and 002, how they believe they benefitted from their participation (if at all), and the significance of the reparations orders made. In doing so, the project aims to understand the impact of participation on the understanding of victims’ rights and on their experiences of justice in Cambodia, and to question the assumption that their participation was in fact beneficial to them and to transitional justice processes.
