Thai Government enacts law to criminalize torture & enforced disappearances

After the recent review of Thailand at the 25th Session of the UPR in Geneva and receiving much pressure from the international NGO community, we welcome the decision of Thailand to criminalize torture and enforced disappearances. As the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has reported more than 80 outstanding cases of forced […]

Open Letter to ECOSOC regarding the Committee on NGOs

The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Committee on NGOs (the Committee) considers applications by NGOs for ECOSOC accreditation and, as such, is a key gateway for NGOs to gain access to the UN. ECOSOC accreditation provides NGOs with access and participation rights in many UN spaces including the Human Rights Council and ECOSOC Commissions. However, the Committee operates in a highly politicized manner, in particular regarding […]

Indonesian Lgbti Defender Receives Felipa De Souza Award

Chairperson of PI Indonesia and founder and chair of Arus Pelangi, a national federation supporting LGBTI human rights in Indonesia, Yuli Rustinawati has received the Felipa De Souza Award at the OutRight’s Celebration of Courage Gala on Sunday, 16 May 2016. The award comes at an important time as in the last three months “…Indonesian politicians have […]

Online Discussion: Holistic security in practice

Join us for an online discussion on holistic security with Senior Advisor Nora Rehmer. Context Human rights work is a fulfilling and rewarding vocation. But it can also be frustrating, exhausting, and risky. We know that it is important to think about psycho-social well-being, organizational security, and legal and digital security, yet we struggle to […]

URGENT CALL TO THAI GOVERNMENT TO FOLLOW COMMITMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Member States of the United Nations (UN) gathered in Geneva for the 2nd cycle of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Thailand. Community-based human rights defenders and civil society organizations welcome the statement by the Thai delegation led by the Minister of Justice, that Thailand acknowledges it is “their duty that […]

Trayectoria de colaboración con Berta Cáceres (COPINH)

En el 2011 Protección Internacional (PI) inicia su relación con el Consejo Cívico de organizaciones populares e indígenas de Honduras (COPINH). La colaboración comienza con la facilitación de un taller de Análisis de Riesgo (AR) y Redes de Protección (RdP) con los defensores de la región hondureña. A partir de esta colaboración PI detectó los […]

Colombia: la guerra psicológica contra los defensores

El Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular (CINEP) ha publicado su Informe anual sobre la situación de los defensores de derechos humanos en Colombia donde se evidencia el aumento de las amenazas y asesinatos contra defensores de derechos humanos y líderes políticos del país. Según datos del Gobierno, a pesar de que el 2015 fuera el año […]

FOR THOSE WHO DIED TRYING’ PHOTO EXHIBITION OPENS IN GENEVA

Protection International opened the photo exhibition, ‘For those who died trying’ on the Place des Nations in Geneva on Monday, 9 May 2016. The exhibition ran from 9-11 May and presented the photographs of 37 murdered or abducted human rights defenders in Thailand. ‘For those who died trying’ will tour Thailand and various countries in Europe […]

HRDS discusses the civil society perspective following the UPR review of Thailand

Following the review of Thailand by the UPR Working Group on 11 May 2016, the ‘Human Rights Defenders at the UPR Thailand 2016’ side event will discuss the views of civil society from 13h00-14h30 at the Palais des Nations. Human rights defenders in Thailand remain at high risk for protecting their communities and their environment. […]