Documentation Center of Cambodia

Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam)
Founded	1995 by NGO
Location	Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Satellite office in Rutgers University;
Services	Research, outreach, education
Fields	Documenting human rights abuses
Website	http://www.dccam.org

The Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) is a Cambodian non-governmental organization whose mission is to research and record the era of Democratic Kampuchea (April 17, 1975 – January 7, 1979) for the purposes of memory and justice.

History

In 1994, the United States Congress passed the Cambodian Genocide Justice Act which provided grants to Yale University's Cambodian Genocide Program. DC-Cam was the field office of the Yale program until January 1, 1997, when it became an independent non-governmental organization.

Organization

The center presently contains the world's largest archive on the Khmer Rouge period with over 155,000 pages of documents and 6,000 photographs. DC-Cam undertakes numerous research, outreach, and educational projects which have resulted in the publication of many books on the Khmer Rouge period, a national genocide education initiative, and support services for victims and survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime. DC-Cam is recognized as one of the leading research centers on the Cambodian genocide.

In August 2006, former U.S. ambassador to Cambodia

Joseph Mussomeli honored the staff and volunteers of DC-Cam at the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh for their work in documenting the crimes of Democratic Kampuchea.^[1] In 2007, DC-Cam's director Youk Chhang was named one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" of 2007 in their "Heroes and Pioneers" section.^[2] The text for Time's article on Chhang was written by Senator John Kerry. In the same year, DC-Cam published its first textbook on the Khmer Rouge period, A History of Democratic Kampuchea (1975–1979)

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References

^ "DC-Cam Staff Honored for Documenting Cambodia's Genocide". U.S. Department of State. 16 August 2006. Archived from the original on 23 September 2006. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
^ John Kerry (3 May 2007). "Youk Chhang – The Time 100". Time. Archived from the original on May 5, 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2010.

External links

[usempp-1] "DC-Cam Staff Honored for Documenting Cambodia's Genocide". U.S. Department of State. 16 August 2006. Archived from the original on 23 September 2006. Retrieved 18 December 2010.

[2] John Kerry (3 May 2007). "Youk Chhang – The Time 100". Time. Archived from the original on May 5, 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2010.

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v t e Cambodian genocide
Ideologies	Communism Marxism–Leninism New People Year Zero Khmer nationalism Stalinism
Crimes	Killing caves of Phnom Sampeau Killing Fields Ba Chúc massacre Thổ Chu Island massacre S-21 Choeung Ek Dangrek genocide
Perpetrators	" Angkar " Pol Pot Nuon Chea Ieng Sary Khieu Samphan Son Sen Ta Mok Khmer Rouge Communist Party of Kampuchea Liberation Army of Kampuchea Santebal Kang Kek Iew Mam Nai Tang Sin Hean
Victims	Bun Chanmol Chau Seng Chou Chet Hu Nim John Dawson Dewhirst Joseph Chhmar Salas Keo Meas Kerry Hamill Koy Thuon Ly Theam Teng Michael S. Deeds Ney Sarann Non Suon Phouk Chhay Tauch Phoeun Trinh Hoanh Paul Tep Im Sotha So Phim Tiv Ol Vorn Vet
Survivors	Bou Meng Chum Mey Dith Pran Haing S. Ngor Kim Sathavy Mengly Jandy Quach Prum Manh Vann Nath
Investigations	People's Revolutionary Tribunal Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Documentation Center of Cambodia Bophana Center

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Israel United States
Other	IdRef

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