Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
| Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum | |
|---|---|
| Cambodian National Museum Former Security Prison 21 by the Santebal | |
The exterior of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, 2006 | |
Location of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum within Cambodia | |
Interactive map of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum | |
| Coordinates | 11°32′58″N 104°55′04″E / 11.54944°N 104.91778°E |
| Other names | S-21 |
| Known for | Genocide, mass murder and torture of enemies of the Khmer Rouge |
| Location | St.113, Boeung Keng Kang III, Khan Boeng Keng Kang, Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Operated by | Khmer Rouge |
| Commandant | Kang Kek Iew |
| Original use | High school |
| Operational | S-21 as institution = August 1975, The buildings of the former high school = beginning 1976 |
| Inmates | Political enemies of the Khmer Rouge, ethnic minorities, religious minorities and leaders. |
| Number of inmates | 18,145 prisoners, probably more |
| Killed | 18,133 (source: ECCC list of the inmates by the co-prosecutors in Case 001/01) |
| Liberated by | People's Army of Vietnam |
| Notable inmates | Bou Meng, Chum Mey, and Vann Nath |
| Website | tuolsleng.gov.kh |
| Part of | Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of repression to places of peace and reflection |
| Criteria | Cultural: vi |
| Reference | 1748-002 |
| Inscription | 2025 (47th Session) |
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum for the Cambodian genocide. Located in Phnom Penh, the site is a former secondary school used as an internment facility known as Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its fall in 1979. From 1976 to 1979, an estimated 20,000 people were imprisoned at Tuol Sleng as one of between 150 and 196 torture and execution centers established by the Khmer Rouge and their secret police.
On 26 July 2010, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia convicted the prison's chief, Kang Kek Iew, for crimes against humanity and grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. He died in 2020 while serving a life sentence.