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Khmer Rouge tribunal ending work after 16 years, 3 judgments

Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen during his verdict announced at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal on Thursday rejected the appeal of a genocide conviction by the communist group's last surviving leader in what is expected to be the special court's last session. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, left, the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, sits in a courtroom during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The international court convened in Cambodia to judge the Khmer Rouge for its brutal 1970s rule ended its work Thursday after spending $337 million and 16 years to convict just three men of crimes after the regime caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people. (Nhet Sok Heng/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP) In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, sits in a courtroom during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The international court convened in Cambodia to judge the Khmer Rouge for its brutal 1970s rule ended its work Thursday after spending $337 million and 16 years to convict just three men of crimes after the regime caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people. (Nhet Sok Heng/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP) Visitors in the gallery view the courtroom during Khieu Samphan's, the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, hearing takes place at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (Nhet Sok Heng/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP) Bou Meng, second from left, former S-21 prison survivor, leaves the courtroom after the verdict is announced for Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal rejected the appeal of a genocide conviction for the communist group's last surviving leader in what is expected to be the special court's last session. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Chum Mey, center, former S-21 prison survivor, is helped by court officials as he leaves the courtroom after the verdict is announced for Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal rejected the appeal of a genocide conviction for the communist group's last surviving leader in what is expected to be the special court's last session. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, right, the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, sits in a courtroom during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The international court convened in Cambodia to judge the brutalities of the Khmer Rouge regime that caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people in the 1970s ends its work Thursday after spending $337 million and 16 years to convict just three men of crimes. (Nhet Sok Heng/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen at the court's press center during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen at the court's press center during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen during his verdict announced at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal on Thursday rejected the appeal of a genocide conviction by the communist group's last surviving leader in what is expected to be the special court's last session. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Visitors in the gallery view the courtroom during Khieu Samphan's, the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, hearing takes place at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (Nhet Sok Heng/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP) Bou Meng, second from left, former S-21 prison survivor, leaves the courtroom after the verdict is announced for Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal rejected the appeal of a genocide conviction for the communist group's last surviving leader in what is expected to be the special court's last session. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Chum Mey, center, former S-21 prison survivor, is helped by court officials as he leaves the courtroom after the verdict is announced for Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal rejected the appeal of a genocide conviction for the communist group's last surviving leader in what is expected to be the special court's last session. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, right, the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, sits in a courtroom during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The international court convened in Cambodia to judge the brutalities of the Khmer Rouge regime that caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people in the 1970s ends its work Thursday after spending $337 million and 16 years to convict just three men of crimes. (Nhet Sok Heng/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen at the court's press center during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen at the court's press center during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen during his verdict announced at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal on Thursday rejected the appeal of a genocide conviction by the communist group's last surviving leader in what is expected to be the special court's last session. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Visitors in the gallery view the courtroom during Khieu Samphan's, the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, hearing takes place at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (Nhet Sok Heng/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP) Bou Meng, second from left, former S-21 prison survivor, leaves the courtroom after the verdict is announced for Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal rejected the appeal of a genocide conviction for the communist group's last surviving leader in what is expected to be the special court's last session. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Chum Mey, center, former S-21 prison survivor, is helped by court officials as he leaves the courtroom after the verdict is announced for Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal rejected the appeal of a genocide conviction for the communist group's last surviving leader in what is expected to be the special court's last session. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, right, the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, sits in a courtroom during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The international court convened in Cambodia to judge the brutalities of the Khmer Rouge regime that caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people in the 1970s ends its work Thursday after spending $337 million and 16 years to convict just three men of crimes. (Nhet Sok Heng/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen during his verdict announced at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal on Thursday rejected the appeal of a genocide conviction by the communist group's last surviving leader in what is expected to be the special court's last session. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Chum Mey, center, former S-21 prison survivor, is helped by court officials as he leaves the courtroom after the verdict is announced for Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal rejected the appeal of a genocide conviction for the communist group's last surviving leader in what is expected to be the special court's last session. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Visitors in the gallery view the courtroom during Khieu Samphan's, the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, hearing takes place at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (Nhet Sok Heng/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen at the court's press center during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen at the court's press center during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, right, the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, sits in a courtroom during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The international court convened in Cambodia to judge the brutalities of the Khmer Rouge regime that caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people in the 1970s ends its work Thursday after spending $337 million and 16 years to convict just three men of crimes. (Nhet Sok Heng/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen at the court's press center during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen at the court's press center during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, right, the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, sits in a courtroom during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The international court convened in Cambodia to judge the brutalities of the Khmer Rouge regime that caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people in the 1970s ends its work Thursday after spending $337 million and 16 years to convict just three men of crimes. (Nhet Sok Heng/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen at the court's press center during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen at the court's press center during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, right, the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, sits in a courtroom during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The international court convened in Cambodia to judge the brutalities of the Khmer Rouge regime that caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people in the 1970s ends its work Thursday after spending $337 million and 16 years to convict just three men of crimes. (Nhet Sok Heng/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen at the court's press center during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen at the court's press center during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, right, the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, sits in a courtroom during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The international court convened in Cambodia to judge the brutalities of the Khmer Rouge regime that caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people in the 1970s ends its work Thursday after spending $337 million and 16 years to convict just three men of crimes. (Nhet Sok Heng/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, arrives in a vehicle for a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled the Southeast Asian country from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, arrives in a vehicle for a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled the Southeast Asian country from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Villagers arriving for the hearings against Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) The sun rises on the court house where the hearings against Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, are taking place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Sum Rithy, right, former Khmer Rouge survivor, cries as he is helped by a court spokesman into the courtroom before the hearings against Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Bou Meng, second from left, former S-21 prison survivor, is helped by a court spokesman into the courtroom before the hearings against Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Villagers receive a COVID-19 test before before the hearings against Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) FILE - Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, sits in a court during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Nov. 16, 2018. The tribunal, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (Mark Peters/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP, File) People are reflected in water as they arrive for the hearings against Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. Khieu Samphan. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) People are reflected in water as they arrive for the hearings against Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. An international court in Cambodia will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled the Southeast Asian country from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, arrives in a vehicle for a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The tribunal will issue its ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge government that ruled the Southeast Asian country from 1975-79. He was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Khmer Rouge tribunal ending work after 16 years, 3 judgments