The Khmer Rouge Trials in ContextWhen a tribunal was formed in 2006 to address the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge, many expected the Cambodian model for victim empowerment to open a new path for international judiciary initiatives. However, the local reality of the justice intervention has been more complicated. Rather than joining the success or failure debate about the court, this volume pays special attention to how the trials are perceived locally. Inclinations in institutional