The Khmer Rouge violated the Nuremberg Principles the United Nations Charterthe laws of war and the UN Genocide Convention. Yet in the decade after theregimes c... » 

The Khmer Rouge violated the Nuremberg Principles the United Nations Charterthe laws of war and the UN Genocide Convention. Yet in the decade after theregimes collapse the perpetrators were rescued and resuscitated evenrewarded by China Thailand the United States and the UN. According toPeter Maguire Cambodia holds the key to understanding why recent UNinterventions throughout the world have failed to prevent atrocities and toenforce treaties. «