Three Khmer Rouge Era Massacre Sites in Cambodia Listed as World Heritage

(Paris, 13th) The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee is currently being held in Paris, France. On the 12th, three notorious torture and execution sites of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime from the 1970s were added to the World Heritage List. They are the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21 concentration camp) and Choeung Ek Killing Fields in the capital Phnom Penh, as well as the M-13 concentration camp in the central region.

Fifty years ago, the Khmer Rouge regime ruled Cambodia. Between 1975 and 1979, around 2 million people died from hunger, forced labor, torture, or mass killings. These are Cambodia’s first contemporary historical sites to be included in the World Heritage List.
The Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts emphasized that this inclusion is not only a deep commemoration of millions of innocent victims but also a solemn commitment by the Cambodian nation to peace and future generations.