opening negotiations that led to the 1991 peace accords ending the Cambodian civil war, which left more than a million people dead.
Today, she monitors rights violations through the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights, which she founded "Many times with our work, we are so depressed," she says. "It could be so easy for us to take our suitcases, take an airplane, and not look back. But then we say, 'Impossible, they trust us. When a victim comes to see us and says, "I know I would have died if you were not here,' that gives us more energy. If we only save one person, it's a victory.