Applications for the 2022 May Edition of the E-Learning Programme Are Open

Protection International will be running the second 2022 edition of the online course “Security and Protection Management for Human Rights Defenders and Social Organisations” from 9 May 2022 on. The course is available in English, Spanish, and French For an application form and detailed information about the course, please send an e-mail to Ángela Díaz […]

Celebration of the Women Human Rights Defenders Day in DR Congo

By Ephrem Chiruza “We will not stop until all human rights defenders enjoy their right to defend human rights by creating an enabling environment for this work to continue,” said Susan Muriungi, Protection International (PI) Africa Regional Director during the celebration of Women Human Rights Defenders Day held at the Dutch Embassy Liaison Office in […]

Visualizando los Principios de análisis de riesgo y planes de protección

Representando los principios de análisis de riesgo y planes de protección   En enero de 2021, un grupo de personas expertas interdisciplinarias de América, Europa, Oriente Medio y África del Norte, África Subsahariana y el Sudeste Asiático se reunieron para elaborar una lista de principios para “Redefinir el enfoque de riesgo”. El enfoque del riesgo […]

Animation: Analyse des risques et principes du plan de protection

Animation: Analyse des risques et principes du plan de protection En janvier 2021, un groupe d’expert·e·s interdisciplinaires des Amériques, d’Europe, du Moyen-Orient et d’Afrique du Nord, d’Afrique subsaharienne et d’Asie du Sud-Est s’est réuni pour élaborer une liste de principes visant à « Redéfinir l’approche des risques. »  L’approche fondée sur le risque est devenue […]

Visualising the Risk Approach Analysis and Protection Plan Principles

In January 2021, a group of interdisciplinary experts from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia came together to craft a list of principles for “Redefining the Risk Approach”. The risk approach has become a foundational element of building protection strategies for human rights defenders (HRDs) all over […]

Alerta de organizaciones internacionales sobre situación de violencia y atentados en el contexto Pre electoral

Alerta de organizaciones internacionales sobre situación de violencia y atentados en el contexto Pre electoral   Bruselas/Bogotá, 2 de febrero 2022 – Oidhaco y organizaciones firmantes queremos manifestar nuestra profunda preocupación por el deterioro de la situación de seguridad en los territorios de Colombia, el aumento de agresiones a líderes y lideresas sociales y personas […]

International Organizations Alert over Violence and Attacks in the Context of Upcoming Elections

[Brussels/Bogotá], 2 February 2022.– Oidhaco and the signatory organizations below wish to express our serious concerns about the deterioration of the security situation in Colombian regions, and the increase in attacks against social leaders and political candidates in the pre-electoral period. So far in 2022, at least thirteen social leaders have been assassinated in the […]

Déclaration publique conjointe: condamnation des actes de féminicides en RDC

Nous faisons appel à la Justice Congolaise afin qu’elle diligente – une enquête indépendante pour condamner les auteurs du meurtre de deux défenseures des droits humains en République Démocratique du Congo Bukavu (RD Congo), 2 février 2022.  Nous, Protection International Afrique (PIA) et la Coalition des femmes défenseures des droits humains du Nord-Kivu et Sud-Kivu […]

Maximum Alert – Ongoing Murder of the Indigenous Community in Cauca, Colombia

[Bogotá, Colombia] 25 January 2022 – With profound concern and pain, we have received information about the armed attack against the Nasa Indigenous community in Cauca, Colombia, during which Albeiro Camayo Güeito—former Regional Coordinator of the Indigenous Guard—was murdered. The incidents appear to have been retaliation after the expulsion of the Jaime Martínez armed Columna […]