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.

• We contribute to the fulfilling of international obligations for the protection of human rights defenders  .

• We think that legitimacy can only be assured through the legal recognition of the right to defend human rights.

WHAT WE DO

Capacity building and training

• Risk analysis, security/protection management

• Knowledge transfers

• Tools development

Research and publication

• Study and dissemination of protection/security operational tools

• Publication of best practices

• Protection Manual for human rights defenders  

Advocacy

• Spreading of information on protection among human rights defenders  , government and inter-government institutions in the form of recommendations, reports, press releases and documentaries.

• Reminding local authorities of their international obligations to protect human rights defenders  .

• Trial observation of cases related to human rights defenders  .

Video

• Documentaries on human rights defenders   & protection-related issues.

Web

• www.protectionline.org is a one-stop website by/with/for human rights defenders   and those seeking to contribute to their protection.

• Daily update of information, tools, publications, testimonies and urgent actions.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Get involved

Whoever you are, there is always something you can do to protect human rights defenders  .

Volunteer with us

Contact us at pi protectioninternational.org, or contribute to urgent actions through our web site www.protectionline.org

Donate now

Protection International AISBL

Dexia Bank

Chaussée de Waterloo 216,

1060 Saint-Gilles (BE)

Account: 776-5974743-28

IBAN: BE37 7765 9747 4328

BIC: GKCCBEBB

...or directly online.