It has been claimed -though not proved -that victims will be benefi ted by participation in international criminal tribunals. Th is article interrogates this claim in the context of victim participation at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), commonly referred to as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. Based on interviews with Cambodian victims and Tribunal affi liates, it examines why and how the Tribunal permits victims to intervene as les parties civile , pulling together the normative and legal basis for this mode of victim participation. Th is article does not purport to generalize with confi dence about Cambodian victims in general, let alone all victims of mass atrocity. Instead, it simply seeks to move beyond vague speculations that victim participation in international trials is always therapeutic, and suggest a new indigenized victimology that the Tribunal should explore as the long-awaited trials of the Khmer Rouge unfold. KeywordsExtraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ; Khmer Rouge Tribunal ; Cambodia "My Guru says I am like a lotus fl ower that fl oats on water. People may try to drag me down by my roots but, like the lotus, I will rise to the surface, stronger and better than before." Chin Navy (Cambodian Survivor of the Khmer Rouge, 4 December 2008)

Singapore will soon submit a national report to and subsequently appear before the UN Human Rights Council for a universal periodic review of its human rights laws and practices. This review will elicit a rare and unprecedented expression of whether and how Singapore feels it has adhered to international human rights law, and ways in which it may further refine or calibrate its domestic practices. This article seeks to identify Singapore' s human rights achievements; highlight challenges it should be prepared to address; and recommend measures it should adopt to promote human rights.

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