An attempt after nearly three decades of civil war, the Khmer Rouge are no more. Pol Pot is dead, other ageing leaders were arrested or pardoned, and the remaining Khmer Rouge soldiers defected to the Government side.  A culture of impunity and corruption denies justice to the poor and oppressed.

Millions of landmines remained in the ground at the end of the war. About 850 people died from injuries caused by landmines and unexploded ordnance each year from 2000 to 2005, but there are signs that the casualty rate may now be dropping. About 2,900 km2 of land remains covered with mines.
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