Our Work

Each of ADHOC’s sections conducts three kinds of activities:

  • Support to victims of human rights violations (investigation and intervention, case-by-case fact-finding, legal representation to ensure the right to a fair trial is upheld, and the provision of material, medical, psychological, and /or repatriation assistance);
  • Empowerment activities (capacity-building trainings, sensitization courses, meetings, network-building, etc.); and
  • Advocacy and lobbying (press conferences, public forums, statements, thematic reports, or workshops and meetings between authorities, communities and victims to encourage them to share information and find joint solutions to disputes and challenges).

PROGRAM STRATEGIES:

ADHOC has a strategic plan to lead, manage, and operate daily in order to achieve the goals and mission of the entire organization.

ADHOC is comprised of two sections, the Human Rights and Land Rights and the Women’s and Children’s Rights Section. The Human Rights and Land Rights section investigates and handles complaints from victims and families of victims of human rights abu­ses, such as extrajudicial killings, illegal arrest and detention, tor­ture, physical assault, crackdowns on peaceful protests, or abuse of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs). The section also handles cases of land grabbing, forced evictions and violations against land rights activists. The Women’s and Children’s Rights Section focuses on issues of gender-based violence (GBV), including rape and domestic violence, as well as issues of human trafficking and migrant abuse.

ADHOC has the following strategic programs and objectives:

  1. To promote and protect basic rights including civil and political rights, and economic, social and cultural rights (ECSR) will increase, leading to an increase in access to justice for vulnerable victims of human rights violations.
  2. Victims of land and natural resource rights violations in Cambodia will have increased access to fair dispute resolution processes and justice, and be empowered to actively participate in seeking a resolution to disputes with relevant government institutions.
  3. To reduce gender based violence (GBV) including rape, domestic violence, human trafficking and labour/migrant abuse, improve access to justice for survivors of GBV, and to ensure women are treated equally before the law and within their communities.

1.  Human Rights and Land Rights Section

The Human Rights and Land Rights Section handles complaints of human rights abu­ses, such as extrajudicial killings, illegal arrest and detention, tor­ture, impunity, or violations of fundamental freedoms of expression, assembly and association. In addition, the section handles cases of land and natural resource rights violations, including those concerning land grabbing, forced evictions, Economic Land Concessions (ELCs), Social Land Concessions (SLCs) and destruction of natural resources.

Major activities

  • Undertakemonitoring and intervention oncases concerninghuman rights violations;
  • Provide social and legal assistance to victims of human rights violations and support at-risk human rights defenders (HRDs);
  • Raise awareness of human rights, democracy, fundamental freedoms, and securtiy for HRDs;
  • Undertake evidence-based advocacyto imporverespect for human rights, democacracy, and fundamental freedoms at the provincial, national, regional and international levels; and
  • Undertake evidence-based advocacy for an improved legal and policy framework to better protect land and natural resource rights.
  • Build networks and partenrships at thenational, regional and international levels.

2.  Women’s and Children’s Rights Section

The Women’s and Children’s Rights Section addresses violations concerning gender-based violence, including domestic violence, rape, trafficking in persons, and migrant abuse. Each section undertakes three key types of activities, including a) provision of direct legal and other support to survivors of human rights violations and their families; b) empowerment and capacity-building activities to enable people to defend their rights; and c) advocacy at the local, national and international levels.

Major activities

  • Undertakemonitoring and intervention in cases ofGBV, human trafficking and migrantabuse;
  • Raise awareness aboutGBV issues and safe migration;
  • Undertake evenidence-based advocacy at the provincial, national and regional levels for improved support for survivors;
  • Provide holistic case management services to survivors; and
  • Provide social/legal assistant to survivors of GBV, migration and labour/migrantabuse, including repatriation.