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evictions, unlawful expropriation of land, and illegal alienation of indigenous lands. Adopting a high impact model of legal advocacy, PILAP litigates those cases which positively affect not only its clients, but Cambodian society as a whole. As an indication of the importance of its work, PILAP and its cases have been cited in United Nations reports and international and domestic media outlets, including television, radio, and newspapers.
PILAP's goals are to use the legal system to assert and protect citizens' rights, as well as to encourage governmental and private sector transparency and accountability. To accomplish this, PILAP selects legal cases that have strong potential to generate publicity and debate, and that promote ...
LAND AND NATURAL RESOUCES PROGRAM
PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT
LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW PROJECT
Since its inception in 2004, CLEC's Public Interest Legal Advocacy Project (PILAP) has created one of the premier legal teams in Cambodia. In just two years, PILAP has successfully defended over 465 families facing forced
CLEC was created as a legal resource center, promoting the rule of law, justice and democracy in Cambodia. The mission of CLEC is to enhance governance in Cambodia by developing and providing knowledge about the law to civil society, civil servants and the
public at large. The Center has been involved in a number of significant land reform issues including the Land Law 2001.
CLEC had an Indigenous Communal Land Project (funded by CIDA) running from February 2003 to January 2004. Since 2004 up to the presence, CLEC with funding from NZAID has continued to work in Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri in Land and Natural Resource Laws Project, LNRLP. CLEC had begun working to empower indigenous communities through the development of training programs for grass roots people, NGO representatives, commune councillors and government officials in Rattanakiri and Mondulkiri. This training was aimed at providing an understanding of laws relating to indigenous land use and explaining the range of titling options available under the Land Law 2001...