Licadho / លីកាដូ

What Licadho / លីកាដូ does

LICADHO (Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights / លីកាដូ) is a private, nonprofit human rights NGO headquartered in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, operating with a 13-person staff. The organization's purpose is to monitor and document human rights violations in Cambodia across four program verticals: political and civil liberties, land rights, gender-based violence, and microfinance-related justice issues. Its core offerings are data-driven documentation and advocacy tools, including Court Watch (a weekly calendar of trial hearings involving human rights defenders and activists), Prisoners of Interest (a database of 122 detained individuals with charges and detention duration), Cambodia's Concessions (an interactive geospatial map of 2.1 million hectares of economic land concessions by ownership, crop, and deforestation, with Shapefile, KML, and GeoJSON downloads), and Safety & Justice (a bilingual Khmer/English resource hub for victims of domestic and sexual violence). Supporting products include Right to Relief (microfinance debt research) and a library of flash infos, statements, reports, and articles.

The underlying technology is human-curated interactive web-based platforms with a geospatial layer (land concession map), relational tracking databases (court and prisoner systems), and a content/resource distribution platform. No APIs, mobile apps, or proprietary AI/ML systems are disclosed. Deliverables function as public-interest documentation tools rather than commercial software products.

LICADHO's business model is donation and grant-based rather than revenue-generating. Services including legal referrals, medical support referrals, social services, and resources are provided free of charge to victims of human rights violations. The organization accepts donations through its website and is funded through institutional and individual contributions typical of Cambodian human rights NGOs. Customer segments served are civil society beneficiaries (detained activists, domestic and sexual violence survivors, land-affected communities) and downstream users of its data and research (journalists, researchers, policymakers, partner NGOs). Distribution occurs through the website, phone hotlines, social media (Facebook, X/Twitter), mailing list, and a referral network of five partner organizations (ADHOC, CWCC, RHAC, APLE, Stop Online Harm).

Name

Licadho / លីកាដូ

Legal name

Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights

Website

https://licadho-cambodia.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LICADHO is a Cambodian nonprofit human rights organization headquartered in Phnom Penh that monitors civil liberties, political prisoners, land concessions, gender-based violence, and microfinance injustice, operating interactive documentation tools and free support services for victims of human rights violations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Advocacy & Civil Society Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Human Rights Monitoring, Documentation & Advocacy (BPADAGAK)

Keywords

• Human rights advocacy
• Legal aid services
• Land rights monitoring
• Gender-based violence support
• Political prisoners documentation

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

LICADHO is a Cambodian human rights NGO that monitors and documents human rights violations through web-based tools (Court Watch, Prisoners of Interest database, Land Concessions interactive map), publishes research and advocacy content, and provides direct support services including legal aid, medical referrals, and social assistance free of charge to victims of domestic and sexual violence and unjustly detained activists.

Product overview

LICADHO (Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights) operates as a human rights NGO offering a portfolio of monitoring, documentation, and advocacy tools rather than a commercial software product. Its core offerings consist of Court Watch for trial monitoring, Prisoners of Interest for tracking detained activists, Cambodia's Concessions for land concession mapping with downloadable spatial data (Shapefile, KML, GeoJSON), and Safety & Justice as a resource hub for domestic and sexual violence survivors. These products function as public-interest documentation and advocacy tools serving civil society, journalists, and policymakers rather than enterprise customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Court Watch

Quantifiable outcome

• 122 prisoners of interest currently tracked and documented
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerADHOC provides legal and social support for women and children. LICADHO refers individuals to ADHOC for additional services including legal representation and social assistance. Phone: 086 792 666 / 097 616 2790.
• Cambodian Women's Crisis Center (CWCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCWCC provides legal support, safe shelter, counseling and other services for women and girls. Multiple regional contacts in Phnom Penh, Banteay Meanchey, Siem Reap, and Kampong Thom. Phone: 012 243 988 / 023 987 158.
• Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia (RHAC)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRHAC provides sexual and reproductive health services for people who have experienced sexual and gender-based violence. Phone: 010 812 812 / 089 333 990 / 088 710 7107.
• Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPLE provides legal support, counseling, and crisis intervention for children who have experienced sexual abuse and exploitation. Phone: 092 311 511 (Hotline) / 023 996 351.
• Stop Online HarmsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerStop Online Harm provides technical and psychosocial support for people facing online harassment. Phone: 068 762 208. Telegram: t.me/SOH_Cambodia.
• University of Maryland (Global Forest Change Dataset)supportingTechnology or IntegrationThe deforestation dataset integrated into LICADHO's land concessions mapping is sourced from University of Maryland's project to track forest change globally. Data available at glad.earthengine.app/view/global-forest-change.
• Microfinance Initiative (Right to Relief)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRight to Relief is an interactive research project LICADHO links to, focusing on over-indebted land communities struggling with microfinance debt. URL: mficambodia.com.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT): STT is a Cambodian urban land and housing rights organization producing maps and data on evictions and development impacts. Directly comparable to LICADHO's Land Concessions Map in methodology (geospatial documentation) and thematic overlap on land rights in Cambodia.
• ADHOC (Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association): ADHOC is a Cambodian human rights NGO operating in the same country and thematic space as LICADHO, providing legal and social support to activists and vulnerable groups. Listed as a direct referral partner of LICADHO, indicating deep operational overlap and shared beneficiary base.
• Transparency International Cambodia: Transparency International Cambodia is a domestic NGO focused on governance, transparency, and corruption issues, overlapping with LICADHO's advocacy work on land concessions and political accountability. Shares the same Cambodian civil society ecosystem and donor pool.
• Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR): CCHR is a Cambodian human rights NGO focused on monitoring, advocacy, and civic space promotion, directly comparable to LICADHO's core mission of documenting rights violations and supporting victims. Operates in the same political and regulatory environment.
• Equitable Cambodia: Equitable Cambodia focuses on land tenure, economic land concessions, and community rights in Cambodia, sharing LICADHO's evidence-based advocacy approach on land concessions and overlapping beneficiary communities affected by ELCs.
• Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC): CHRAC is a coalition of Cambodian NGOs coordinating human rights advocacy, comparable to LICADHO's broader convening role through its partner network. Operates in the same restrictive civic environment with similar donor base.

Broad incumbents

• Human Rights Watch: HRW is a global human rights organization producing country-specific reports on Cambodia, comparable to LICADHO's monitoring and advocacy output but operating at a much broader scale across many countries. Provides donor funder competition and complementary research.
• Amnesty International: Amnesty International conducts global human rights research and campaigns, including on Cambodia's political prisoners - directly overlapping with LICADHO's Prisoners of Interest database. Functions as a broader incumbent with deeper resources in the same thematic space.
• FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights): FIDH is an international federation of human rights organizations that includes Cambodian member groups, comparable to LICADHO's monitoring and litigation support activities. Operates as a broader incumbent aggregating country-level human rights work.

Regional players

• FORUM-ASIA: FORUM-ASIA is a regional human rights network covering ASEAN countries including Cambodia, comparable to LICADHO in thematic focus but operating regionally rather than as a single-country organization. Often a funder and convener for Cambodia-focused NGOs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/licadho
• Facebookfacebook.com/licadho
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/licadho-%E1%9E%9B%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%8A%E1%9E%BC

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