2019 in a Nutshell: Protection International Releases its Focus Stories

How to summarise a year spent day by day next to those promoting and protecting human rights? Our Focus Stories, formerly Top Impact stories, showcase some emblematic examples of how slowly but steadily we are taking incremental steps towards greater respect for the right to defend human rights. Within this short leaflet, we’ve highlighted just […]

[Kenya] Missing Voices issues a shocking report on the status of extra judicial killings

Missing Voices, released a shocking report on the status of extrajudicial killings in Kenya, indicating that this issue is far from being resolved and merits more attention from public authorities. Nairobi (Kenya), 14th February 2020 – Missing Voices, released a shocking report on the status of extrajudicial killings in Kenya, indicating that this issue is […]

[Guatemala] Protection International se une con 33 organizaciones Guatemaltecas en demandar la continuidad de la construcción de la Política de Protección para personas DDHs

Demandamos la continuidad de la construcción de la Política de Protección a personas, comunidades y organizaciones defensoras de derechos humanos.     Ciudad de Guatemala, 30 de enero de 2020 A lo largo de tres años de trabajo, integrantes de organizaciones de derechos humanos y de más de 20 instituciones del Estado guatemalteco, realizamos 22 […]

[Offre de travail] Chargé.e de communication (Goma)

Protection International (PI) recrute un.e chargé.e de communication basé.e à Goma. Termes de référence disponibles en français. Date limite de candidature: 10 février 2020. Date de début : mi-février 2020. Le/la chargé.e de communication propose et met en oeuvre des initiatives de communication et de sensibilisation afin d’accroître la visibilité de PI à l’appui des […]

[Offre de travail] Chargé.e de Protection (Bukavu)

Protection International (PI) recrute un.e chargé.e de mission (Officier de Protection) basé.e à Bukavu. Termes de référence disponibles en français. Date limite de candidature: 10 février 2020. Date de début : mi-février 2020. Le/la chargé.e de mission (Officier de Protection) met en oeuvre les activities en faveur des defenseur.e.s des droits humains (DDH) dans le […]

Event – Launch of Art for Resistance: Quilts of Women Human Rights Defenders

On Tuesday, 4th February 2020, Protection International, with the support of Canada’s Embassy in Thailand, launched the Exhibition Art for Resistance: Quilts of Women Human Rights Defenders, which included discussions on the situation of Women Human Rights Defenders in a pseudo-democracy. The launch, which took place at the Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre, allowed members […]

Declaración pública – Organizaciones internacionales de Sociedad civil en alerta por asesinatos de líderes sociales y el incremento de la crisis humanitaria en Colombia

Protection International  se une con 27 organizaciones colombianas en denunciar el asesinato de líderes sociales y el empeoramiento de las condiciones de la crisis humanitaria en el país. Manifiestan a la opinión pública su profunda preocupación por la agudización del conflicto armado en Colombia que ha cobrado la vida en lo que va corrido del […]

Public Statement – International Civil Society Organisations in Alert for Assassinated Social Leaders and the Worsening Humanitarian Crisis in Colombia

As International Organisation we express our profound concern regarding the severe deterioration of the armed conflict in Colombia, which has already in 2020, taken the lives of 23 people, including four women and two ex-combatants in the process of reincorporation. This serious humanitarian situation is putting the sustainability of the Colombian peace process in jeopardy. […]