OSI's Justice Initiative and the Burma Project/Southeast Asia Initiative hosted a discussion with Peter Maguire, author of Facing Death in Cambodia (Columbia University Press). His book addresses how Cambodia's "culture of impunity" developed, why it persists, and the failures of the international community to confront the Cambodian genocide. According to Maguire, Cambodia holds the key to understanding why recent UN interventions throughout the world have failed to prevent atrocities and to enforce treaties.
The event also featured James A. Goldston, Executive Director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, who discussed efforts to establish the Extraordinary Chambers for the Democratic Kampuchea to punish the perpetrators of atrocities.