22 September 2011
Human rights defenders are key actors in the rule of law, the struggle against impunity and the establishment of democracy in any society. They sometimes have to work clandestinely, often at the risk of their own lives and “off the radar” of mainstream media. 2009 has been another very challenging year for human rights defenders. Unfortunately, the number of cases of harassment, threats, forced disappearances and assassinations remained very high over these twelve months.
Human rights (...)
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4 May 2011
Report on the Annual Accounts for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 of the A.I.S.B.L Protection International.
With the modification of its statuts published on 18th December 2007 by Moniteur Belge (Belgium official journal), the former European Office of Peace Brigades International became Protection International. All figures are provided in EURO.
Auditors Opinion:
Patricia VANOSBEECK, Expert-Comptable IEC
“In our opinion the financial statements ended December 31 2009 present (...)
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6 April 2011
Two years after the events, Protection International presents a 26-minute documentary on the assassination of Ernest Manirumva, a case still mobilizing Burundian civil society today. This documentary is dedicated to the memory of Ernest Manirumva and to human rights defenders in Central Africa, in hope that it will encourage the adoption of protection policies in the whole region, aimed at putting an end to assassinations, threats and harassment of those who carry the voice of the (...)
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WE ARE
• We are a network of human rights defenders.
• We have over 25 years experience in the fields of human rights, humanitarian law and the protection of human rights defenders and other vulnerable groups.
• We have been providing security trainings to human rights defenders in 20 countries, among others DR Congo, Uganda, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, Guatemala, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Pakistan, Kenya, Honduras, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh, Rwanda and Nigeria. (...)
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This document represents more than 20 years of experience in the field of protection for human rights defenders – since much of our members’ experience originates from former involvement with Peace Brigades International (PBI) and other international organizations. At the end of 2007, the former European Office of PBI became an independent association called Protection International. This Annual Report for 2008, our first, is an exciting development for us. Protection International aims to (...)
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Activities
8 April 2011
BRUSSELS: The documentary will be projected on Friday April 8th at 11 AM in the Rotunda 1 of the Belgian Federal Parliament, rue de Louvain / Leuvenseweg 21, 1000 Brussels, with support of Mr. Dirk Van der Maelen MP, counterpart of the general delegate of the FORSC, Mr. Pacifique Nininahazwe, (...)
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8 March 2011
This broad study of the protection of Human Rights Defenders is presented in two volumes under the general title “Protection of Human Rights Defenders: Best Practices and Lessons Learnt”. Volume I, subtitled “Legislation, national policies and defenders' units ”, examined the normative and (...)
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Documents
7 May
AFRICA: On the occasion of the meeting of Government Experts and Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General on Legal Matters to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on May 7-15, 2012, we, the undersigned African civil society organizations and international organizations with a presence in Africa, (...)
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2 May
ASEAN REGION: We, the undersigned international human rights organizations, are concerned that the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) has yet to take the necessary steps to ensure that the process of drafting the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) is transparent and (...)
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