Activities Under the direction of LICADHO and/or community leaders, LC team responds to community emergencies to document events, use international presence to decrease the threat of violence from authorities, provide protective accompaniment when required, and share information with land rights partners and other community leaders.
LC team facilitates community training in Non-Violent Communication (NVC), Conflict Coaching (CC), and Active Non-Violence (ANV), with a strong focus on community leaders. LC also makes use of role play and creative expression such as song to allow people to share their experiences and express their trauma. This approach increases the self esteem and capacity of community members, providing them with the necessary skills to make land-mark steps forward in non-violent resistance efforts over short periods of time. LC also mobilises its partner network to provide trauma therapy for victims of forced evictions.
LC produces multimedia advocacy materials aimed at raising awareness and stimulating systemic change on local, national and international levels. Video advocacy materials are created with freelance filmmakers and community leaders, and used by communities, development partners and the international media as video evidence of unlawful evictions in Cambodia, as well as powerful tools to advocate for change.
LC’s musical advocacy activities support communities to produce pioneering CDs and music videos, aiding community rehabilitation and creating innovative advocacy instruments. Apparel advocacy is channelled through the Human Rights Defenders Apparel project, which produces a range of clothing with a conscience; profits provide victims’ assistance and emergency care to Cambodian human rights defenders.
LC continues to produce and interweave visual, audio, musical and apparel advocacy tools, while expanding both the target audience and community leaders’ capacity to produce these tools themselves.