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| Founded | 1995 byYale University's Cambodian Genocide Program Became independent in 1997 |
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| Type | Non-profit NGO |
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| Services | Research, outreach, education |
| Fields | Documentinghuman rights abuses |
| Website | http://www.dccam.org |
TheDocumentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) is a Cambodiannon-governmental organization whose mission is to research and record the era ofDemocratic Kampuchea (April 17, 1975 – January 7, 1979) for the purposes of memory and justice.
In 1994, the United States Congress passed the Cambodian Genocide Justice Act which provided grants toYale University's Cambodian Genocide Program. DC-Cam was the field office of the Yale program until January 1, 1997, when it became an independent non-governmental organization.
The center presently contains the world's largest archive on theKhmer Rouge period with over 155,000 pages of documents and 6,000 photographs. DC-Cam undertakes numerous research, outreach, and educational projects which have resulted in the publication of many books on the Khmer Rouge period, a nationalgenocide education initiative, and support services for victims and survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime. DC-Cam is recognized as one of the leading research centers on the Cambodiangenocide.
In August 2006, former U.S. ambassador to CambodiaJoseph Mussomeli honored the staff and volunteers of DC-Cam at the U.S. Embassy inPhnom Penh for their work in documenting the crimes of Democratic Kampuchea.[1] In 2007, DC-Cam's director Youk Chhang was named one ofTime magazine's "100 Most Influential People" of 2007 in their "Heroes and Pioneers" section.[2] The text forTime's article on Chhang was written by SenatorJohn Kerry. In the same year, DC-Cam published its firsttextbook on the Khmer Rouge period,A History of Democratic Kampuchea (1975–1979).
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