Created on Cambodian law and based on an agreement between the Cambodian government and the United Nation to try serious crimes committed during the Khmer Rouge regime (1975-1979)
Established in 1999 by the United Nations Security Council in its resolution 1244
Established on August 14, 2000 by UN Security Resolution 1315/2000, and subsequently verified by the Special Court Agreement, signed January 16, 2002