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Khmer Rouge trial

After finishing her term as governor-general in 2006, Dame Silvia Cartwright (back row, second from left) became one of the international judges appointed to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia to try former Khmer Rouge officials.

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Gavin McLean, Governors and governors-general – Changing characteristics, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33644/khmer-rouge-trial (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gavin McLean, published 30 January 2012.