The Khmer-Rouge-Tribunal (officially: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, ECCC) is attended by a modern trend in international criminal law and was established in 2003. The ECCC aims at prosecuting serious crimes against humanity of the Khmer-Rouge-regime from 1975 trough 1979. As a national-international hybrid-court it represents a new development with predominantly foreign-international funding and the deployment of 10 international and 13 national judges. ECCC's efforts for outreach toward both national and international audience include public trial hearings, study tours, video screenings, school lectures, and video archives on the website. In line with these efforts, the Court  has also facilitated the participation of rural population in trial hearings and their information on the proceedings.
The German Government attaches great importance to the role and function of the ECCC. So far the German Government contributed 5.9 million Euro to the international component of the ECCC. An additional 7.5 million Euro was provided for measures directly linked to the success of the ECCC (civil peace service, capacity development and seconded experts).