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The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (known by its French acronym LICADHO) is a national [[Human rights in cambodia|Cambodian human rights]] non-governmental organization (NGO) established in 1992. It is based in [[Phnom penh|Phnom Penh]] and also operates 12 provincial offices.<ref name="licadho-cambodia">{{cite web|url=http://www.licadho-cambodia.org/aboutus.php |title=LICADHO, A Cambodian Human Rights NGO - About Us |publisher=Licadho-cambodia.org |date=2013-07-30 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref> LICADHO’s activities focus on monitoring human rights violations, providing legal representation to victims of human rights abuses and providing humanitarian assistance to victims of human rights abuses. The organization also monitors 18 Cambodian prisons and has specialized programs for the protection of women’s rights and children’s rights. <ref name="licadho-cambodia" /> LICADHO is regularly cited in the Cambodian media for stories on local human rights issues.<ref>{{cite web|author=Kevin Ponniah and Chhay Channyda |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-cites-election-day-voter-fraud |title=Report cites election day voter fraud, National, Phnom Penh Post |publisher=Phnompenhpost.com |date=2013-08-26 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archive/government-admits-prisons-still-too-bloated-20478/ |title=Government Admits Prisons Still Too Bloated |publisher=The Cambodia Daily |date=2013-04-29 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/violence-09152013170126.html |title=Deadly Post-Election Violence Erupts in Phnom Penh |publisher=Rfa.org |date= |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref> The organization has also received international coverage for its work to combat human trafficking<ref>{{cite web|author=Watch the trailer |url=http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/11/in-cambodia-anti-slavery-reforms-questioned/ |title=In Cambodia, anti-slavery reforms questioned – The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery - CNN.com Blogs |publisher=Thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com |date=2011-11-13 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Palmstrom |first=Becky |url=http://m.npr.org/story/155045295 |title=NPR.org » Confined To A Thai Fishing Boat, For Three Years |publisher=M.npr.org |date=2012-06-19 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref> and prisons,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia-pacific/2011/11/201111511512755304.html |title=Cambodian inmates endure crowded prisons - Asia-pacific |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date= |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref> and has been particularly vocal in highlighting Cambodia's [[land grabbing|land-grabbing]] crisis since 2003. <ref>{{cite web|author=Julia Wallace |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/10/2012102314012200299.html |title=Abuses colour Cambodia's fight for land - Features |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date= |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalwitness.org/library/interactive-map-shows-scale-and-speed-cambodias-land-grabbing-crisis/ |title=Interactive map shows scale and speed of Cambodia's land-grabbing crisis |publisher=Global Witness |date= |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref> Current LICADHO director Naly Pilorge has authored a number of op-eds in major international media outlets publicizing the human rights situation in Cambodia.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pilorge |first=Naly |url=http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/may/09/western-donors-stand-cambodian-goverment |title=Western donors must stand up to Cambodia's government &#124; Naly Pilorge &#124; Global development |publisher=theguardian.com |date=2011-05-09 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pilorge |first=Naly |url=http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/sep/25/conflict-over-land-cambodia |title=Conflict over land in Cambodia is taking a dangerous turn &#124; Naly Pilorge &#124; Global development |publisher=theguardian.com |date=2012-09-25 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/12/cambodia-sugar-eu-policy |title=Think of Cambodia before you add sugar to your coffee &#124; Naly Pilorge, Virak Yeng and Vuthy Eang &#124; Comment is free |publisher=theguardian.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Thomson Reuters Foundation |url=http://www.trust.org/item/?map=the-great-cambodian-giveaway/ |title=Thomson Reuters Foundation &#124; News, Information and Connections for Action |publisher=Trust.org |date= |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324853704578585053150130268.html |title=Naly Pilorge: Cambodia's Unjust Election - WSJ.com |publisher=Online.wsj.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref> LICADHO was the sole Cambodian rights organization invited to testify at a 2013 US House of Representatives subcommittee hearing on Cambodia’s “looming political and social crisis.”<ref>{{cite web|author=Sok Khemara,&nbsp;VOA Khmer |url=http://www.voacambodia.com/content/in-hearing-us-representatives-urge-stronger-stance-on-cambodia/1699166.html |title=In Hearing, US Representatives Urge Stronger Stance on Cambodia |publisher=Voacambodia.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref>▼
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▲The '''Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights''' ({{lang-km|សម្ព័ន្ធខ្មែរជំរឿន និងការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស|translit=sampnth khmer chomruen ning karpar setthimnous}}; {{lang-fr|Ligue cambodgienne de défense des droits de l'homme}}), commonly known by its French acronym '''LICADHO''' ({{IPAc-en|l|iː|ˈ|k|ɑː|d|oʊ}}; {{lang-km|លីកាដូ|link=no}} {{IPA-km|liːkaːɗoː|}}; {{IPA-fr|likado|lang}}), is a national [[Human rights in cambodia|Cambodian human rights]] non-governmental organization (NGO) established in 1992. It is based in [[Phnom penh|Phnom Penh]] and also operates 12 provincial offices.<ref name="licadho-cambodia">{{cite web|url=http://www.licadho-cambodia.org/aboutus.php |title=LICADHO, A Cambodian Human Rights NGO - About Us |publisher=Licadho-cambodia.org |date=2013-07-30 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref> LICADHO’sLICADHO's activities focus on monitoring human rights violations, providing legal representation to victims of human rights abuses and providing humanitarian assistance to victims of human rights abuses. The organization also monitors 18 Cambodian prisons and has specialized programs for the protection of women’swomen's rights and children’schildren's rights. <ref name="licadho-cambodia" /> LICADHO is regularly cited in the Cambodian media for stories on local human rights issues.<ref>{{cite web|authorauthor1=Kevin Ponniah and |author2=Chhay Channyda |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-cites-election-day-voter-fraud |title=Report cites election day voter fraud, National, Phnom Penh Post |publisher=Phnompenhpost.com |date=2013-08-26 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archive/government-admits-prisons-still-too-bloated-20478/ |title=Government Admits Prisons Still Too Bloated |publisher=The Cambodia Daily |date=2013-04-29 |accessdate=2013-10-28 |archive-date=2013-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202725/http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archive/government-admits-prisons-still-too-bloated-20478/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/violence-09152013170126.html |title=Deadly Post-Election Violence Erupts in Phnom Penh |publisher=Rfa.org |date= |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref> The organization has also received international coverage for its work to combat human trafficking<ref>{{cite web |author=Watch the trailer |url=http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/11/in-cambodia-anti-slavery-reforms-questioned/ |title=In Cambodia, anti-slavery reforms questioned – The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery - CNN.com Blogs |publisher=Thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com |date=2011-11-13 |accessdate=2013-10-28 |archive-date=2013-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029210138/http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/11/in-cambodia-anti-slavery-reforms-questioned/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Palmstrom |first=Becky |url=http://m.npr.org/story/155045295 |title=NPR.org » Confined To A Thai Fishing Boat, For Three Years |publisher=M.npr.org |date=2012-06-19 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref> and prisons,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia-pacific/2011/11/201111511512755304.html |title=Cambodian inmates endure crowded prisons - Asia-pacific |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date= |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref> and has been particularly vocal in highlighting Cambodia's [[land grabbing|land-grabbing]] crisis since 2003. <ref>{{cite web|author=Julia Wallace |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/10/2012102314012200299.html |title=Abuses colour Cambodia's fight for land - Features |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date= |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalwitness.org/library/interactive-map-shows-scale-and-speed-cambodias-land-grabbing-crisis/ |title=Interactive map shows scale and speed of Cambodia's land-grabbing crisis |publisher=Global Witness |date= |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref> Current LICADHO director Naly Pilorge has authored a number of op-eds in major international media outlets publicizing the human rights situation in Cambodia.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pilorge |first=Naly |url=httphttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/may/09/western-donors-stand-cambodian-goverment |title=Western donors must stand up to Cambodia's government &#124; Naly Pilorge &#124; Global development |publisher=theguardian.com |date=2011-05-09 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pilorge |first=Naly |url=httphttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/sep/25/conflict-over-land-cambodia |title=Conflict over land in Cambodia is taking a dangerous turn &#124; Naly Pilorge &#124; Global development |publisher=theguardian.com |date=2012-09-25 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/12/cambodia-sugar-eu-policy |title=Think of Cambodia before you add sugar to your coffee &#124; Naly Pilorge, Virak Yeng and Vuthy Eang &#124; Comment is free |publisher=theguardian.com |date= 12 July 2013|accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Thomson Reuters Foundation |url=http://www.trust.org/item/?map=the-great-cambodian-giveaway/ |title=Thomson Reuters Foundation &#124; News, Information and Connections for Action |publisher=Trust.org |date= |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite webnews|url=httphttps://onlinewww.wsj.com/articlearticles/SB10001424127887324853704578585053150130268.html |title=Naly Pilorge: Cambodia's Unjust Election - WSJ.com |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |publisher=Online.wsj.com |date= 4 July 2013|accessdate=2013-10-28|last1=Pilorge |first1=Naly }}</ref> LICADHO was the sole Cambodian rights organization invited to testify at a 2013 US House of Representatives [[United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific|subcommittee]] hearing on Cambodia’sCambodia's “looming"looming political and social crisis".”<ref>{{cite web|authorauthor1=Sok Khemara,&nbsp; |author2=VOA Khmer |url=http://www.voacambodia.com/content/in-hearing-us-representatives-urge-stronger-stance-on-cambodia/1699166.html |title=In Hearing, US Representatives Urge Stronger Stance on Cambodia |publisher=Voacambodia.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref>
 
== History ==
In1987-881987–88, Dr. [[Kek Galabru]] (also known as Dr. Pung Chhiv Kek), a Cambodian living abroad, helped arrange negotiations between Prime Minister [[Hun Sen]] and then-deposed [[Norodom Sihanouk|King Norodom Sihanouk]]. The negotiations eventually led to the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in 1991, which mandated a [[UNTAC|United Nations mission to Cambodia]] to supervise [[1993 Cambodian Constituent Assembly election, 1993|elections]] and resolve the long-standing conflict. Following the peace agreements, Dr. Galabru returned to Cambodia and founded LICADHO in 1992. LICADHO was one of the first human rights organizations established in Cambodia. The former socialist regime [[Khmer Rouge]] did not allow independent national NGOs. <ref name="licadho-cambodia" /> LICADHO’sLICADHO's first work involved conducting voter education campaigns for the 1993 elections and monitoring the pre-election environment.<ref name="pbs">{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.pbs.org/speaktruthtopower/kek.html |title=PBS-Speak Truth to Power-Telling Stories |publisher=Pbs.org |date=1942-10-04 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref> It later began to address serious human rights abuses occurring in the country, with initial activities focused on monitoring rights violations, providing human rights training, and providing medical care to prisoners and victims of human rights violations. <ref name="licadho-cambodia" />▼
 
▲In 1987-88, Dr. Kek Galabru (also known as Dr. Pung Chhiv Kek), a Cambodian living abroad, helped arrange negotiations between Prime Minister [[Hun Sen]] and then-deposed [[Norodom Sihanouk|King Norodom Sihanouk]]. The negotiations eventually led to the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in 1991, which mandated a [[UNTAC|United Nations mission to Cambodia]] to supervise [[Cambodian Constituent Assembly election, 1993|elections]] and resolve the long-standing conflict. Following the peace agreements, Dr. Galabru returned to Cambodia and founded LICADHO in 1992. LICADHO was one of the first human rights organizations established in Cambodia. The former socialist regime did not allow independent national NGOs. <ref name="licadho-cambodia" /> LICADHO’s first work involved conducting voter education campaigns for the 1993 elections and monitoring the pre-election environment.<ref name="pbs">{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/speaktruthtopower/kek.html |title=PBS-Speak Truth to Power-Telling Stories |publisher=Pbs.org |date=1942-10-04 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref> It later began to address serious human rights abuses occurring in the country, with initial activities focused on monitoring rights violations, providing human rights training, and providing medical care to prisoners and victims of human rights violations. <ref name="licadho-cambodia" />
 
In 2005, Galabru was nominated for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] as part of the 1,000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize project.<ref name="pbs" />
 
In the run-up to the [[2018 Cambodian general election]], LICADHO was the target of two hacking campaigns, one linked to the Vietnamese state, the other to the Chinese.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://time.com/5334262/chinese-hackers-cambodia-elections-report/|title=Chinese State-Linked Hackers in Large Scale Operation to Monitor Cambodia's Upcoming Elections, Report Says|newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|last=Seiff|first=Abby|date=2018-07-10}}</ref>
== Organization & Work ==▼
 
▲== Organization &and Workwork ==
LICADHO currently pursues its activities through two programs, ''Monitoring and Protection'' and ''Promotion and Advocacy''. The organization employed over 125 staff nationwide at the end of 2012.<ref name="licadho-cambodia_a">{{cite web |url= http://www.licadho-cambodia.org/reports/files/176LICADHOReportHumanRightsReview2012English.pdf|title= Lichado |website=www.licadho-cambodia.org |access-date=2021-02-27}}</ref>
Dr. Pung Chhiv Kek is the current Presidentpresident of LICADHO. Naly Pilorge is the director. <ref name="licadho-cambodia_a" />
 
'''According to LICADHO’sLICADHO's website, the organization’sorganization's Monitoring and Protection Program’sProgram's activities include''':
* Monitoring of Statestate Violationsviolations and Womenwomen's and Childrenchildren's Rightsrights
* Paralegal and Legallegal Representationrepresentation
* Prison Monitoringmonitoring
* Medical Assistanceassistance
* Social Workwork
 
'''The Promotion and Advocacy Program’sProgram's activities include''':
* Supporting Unionsunions and Grassrootsgrassroots Groupsgroups and Networksnetworks
* Training and Informationinformation
* Public Advocacyadvocacy and Outreachoutreach
 
== International partnerships and memberships ==
 
LICADHO is one of two Cambodian members of the [[International Federation for Human Rights]] (FIDH), the other being Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC).<ref>[http://www.fidh.org/-Cambodia,226- ]{{dead link|date=October 2013}}</ref> LICADHO is also a member of Forum-Asia, a regional network of human rights organizations, and is a campaign partner of [[Witness (human rights group)|WITNESS]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forum-asia.org/?page_id=4001 |title=Members « FORUM-ASIA |publisher=Forum-asia.org |date=2012-08-14 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.witness.org/campaigns/partners/LICADHO |title=Licadho |publisher=witness.org |dateaccessdate=2013-10-28 |accessdatearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203656/http://www.witness.org/campaigns/partners/LICADHO |archive-date=2013-10-2829 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since 1994, the [[McGill University]] Faculty of Law, in Montreal, Canada, has sent students to work at LICADHO as part of its International Human Rights Internship Program.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.mcgill.ca/sea/research/licadho |title=The Cambodian League For The Promotion And Defense of Human Rights &#124; Southeast Asian Studies - McGill University |publisher=Mcgill.ca |date=2013-02-24 |accessdate=2013-10-28}}</ref>
 
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.licadho-cambodia.org/ LICADHO website]
 
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▲* LICADHO website ([http://www.licadho-cambodia.org www.licadho-cambodia.org])
* LICADHO Facebook page ([http://www.facebook.com/licadho www.facebook.com/licadho])
* LICADHO Twitter feed ([http://www.twitter.com/licadho www.twitter.com/licadho])
 
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