Judges sworn in for Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal

Judges and prosecutors from Cambodia and foreign countries were today sworn in to begin the UN-backed judicial process to try former Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide and crimes against humanity.

The swearing-in was a major step forward in the process of seeking justice for the victims of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, whose extremist policies when they held power in the late 1970s are estimated to have taken 1.7 million lives.