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Community Organizations Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights
Acronym
LICADHO
Non Governmental organization

Location

#16, St. 99, Boeung Trabek, Phnom Penh
Cambodia

LICADHO is a national Cambodian human rights organization. Since its establishment in 1992, LICADHO has been at the forefront of efforts to protect civil, political, economic and social rights in Cambodia and to promote respect for them by the Cambodian government and institutions. Building on its past achievements, LICADHO continues to be an advocate for the Cambodian people and a monitor of the government through wide ranging human rights programs from its main office in Phnom Penh and 13 provincial offices.

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Resources

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Smoke on the Water: A Human Rights and Social Impact Assessment of the Destruction of the Tompoun/Cheung Ek Wetlands

Reports & Research
June, 2020
Cambodia

More than one million people across Phnom Penh are facing the risk of increased flooding and over one thousand more families are at risk of evictions, loss of income and food insecurity as the ING City project and other unsustainable developments destroy the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands in the capital’s south.

Worked to Debt: Over-Indebtedness in Cambodia's Garment Sector

Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2020
Cambodia

Garment workers in Cambodia have been devastated by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Years of chronically low pay in the sector have forced workers to rely on debt – most of which is provided by microfinance institutions (MFIs) and collateralised by borrowers’ land titles – to meet their basic needs. Hundreds of thousands of heavily indebted workers are now out of work, after hundreds of factories suspended their operations, putting them at risk of land loss and other human rights abuses.

Renewed surge in land disputes must be addressed not denied

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2015
Cambodia

This LICADHO press release expresses strong concern at the surge in land disputes documented by its offices in 2014, which resulted in a threefold increase in the number of families newly affected compared to the previous year. In 2014, LICADHO registered 10,625 families, or an estimated 49,519 individuals, newly affected by land conflicts.