Nueva oferta de empleo en Protection International: Captador/a de fundos
Protection International busca a un/a Captador/a de fondos para incorporarse en el equipo de Finanzas y Fundraising en la sede en Bruselas. La responsabilidad principal del puesto es brindar apoyo a las oficinas en el terreno en la búsqueda de financiación y la gestión de los contratos con los donantes y financiadores. Fecha límite para […]
Burundi: Pi participa con la Commission Nationale Independante des Droits de l’homme (CNIDH) en el apoyo de la protección de DDDDHH
Burundi: La Commission Nationale Independante des Droits de l’homme (CNIDH) invitó a PI a participar en una mesa redonda sobre temas relacionados con defensores/as en el país, para analizar los contenidos de un borrador de ley nacional para defender a los defensores/as. Protection International contribuyó compartiendo su experiencia en estos temas: La experiencia de Burundi nos […]
Protection International and University Deusto sign collaboration agreement
Protection International and the Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute at University Deusto signed a collaboration agreement last Friday in Bilbao to enhance students’ practical and applied research projects in humanitarian action. September 19th, 2014. Bilbao, Spain – For twenty years, the […]
NGOs bid farewell to High Commissioner Pillay
“When I was appointed High Commissioner for Human Rights, I was in no doubt that civil society would continue to occupy a special place in my work. As a human rights defender myself, it was obvious to me that the views and advice of civil society would be indispensable,” she said. Pillay highlighted the vital role […]
Syafii’s struggle for religious minority rights in East Java
With a population of around 250 million characterized by high ethnic and religious diversity, Indonesia has been facing the difficult challenge of maintaining peaceful and harmonious co-existence between followers of different faiths. In some instances, religious minority communities have been chased away from their homes. After a conflict with an anti-Shiite group in August 2012, […]
Khon Rak Ban Kerd demands participation to protect their communities from the harmful effects of mining in Loei Province
The Khon Rak Ban Kerd [KRBK] group is made up of villagers from 6 villages affected by the gold mining operations by the company Thung Kam Co Ltd in Loei province, in North Eastern Thailand. The KRBK group strives to protect the environment and defend natural resources against exploitation by unethical investors who have no […]
Joint Statement on the Eu Conclusions on the 10th Anniversary of the Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders.
The undersigned organisations working with and for human rights defenders (HRDs) welcome the adoption by the Council of the European Union (EU) of the 23 June 2014 Conclusions on the 10th Anniversary of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders. We express satisfaction with the renewed commitment of the EU and its Member States to […]
Thailand: EU delegation visit to Loei
Loei, North Eastern Thailand: On 19 June a delegation of diplomats from the European Union (EU) accompanied by Protection International’s Protection Desk-Thailand traveled to Nanongbong village in Wangsaphung, to meet the community-based human rights defenders group Khon Rak Ban Koed. The Khon Rak Ban Koed Group works with communities in six villages, including Nanongbong, in […]
10 YEARS OF THE EU GUIDELINES ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
BRUSSELS, 18 June – Ten years ago, on 14 June 2004, the Council of the European Union adopted Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders to improve support and protection given by the European Union (EU) to human rights defenders in non-EU countries. The 10th anniversary of the Guidelines was celebrated yesterday in Brussels at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to […]
European Union and Human Rights Defenders: Time to move up a gear!
Brussels, 17 June 2014 – Today, at a seminar held at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union in Brussels, Front Line Defenders, Peace Brigades International, Protection International, the International Federation for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International celebrate the 10th anniversary of the European Union (EU) Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders . […]