Comment: Why Cambodia cannot afford to wait for The Hague


FILE PHOTO: Cambodian Buddhist monks arrive to participate in a prayer for peace at Win-Win memorial in Phnom Penh on December 29, 2025, after Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an "immediate" ceasefire on December 27, 2025. - AFP

PHNOM PENH: The harrowing reports from December 2025 – of airstrikes penetrating 167 kilometres into our territory and the tragic loss of civilian lives in Banteay Meanchey and Siem Reap provinces – have reopened wounds that many hoped had healed since 1941.

As the smoke clears and the diplomatic machinery begins to turn toward the International Court of Justice (ICJ), a harsh reality remains: International law is a marathon, but modern aggression is a sprint.

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