UNHRC RECOGNIZES HRDS OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL & CULTURAL RIGHTS

The UN Human Rights Council has recognized the major role of the defenders of economic, social, and cultural rights. It was acknowledged that defending such things as land rights puts these individuals and communities at high risk. This news comes at a very important time after land and environmental rights activists Berta Cáceres and Nelson García were […]

Curso en línea para defensores/as de derechos humanos

Nos complace anunciar la apertura de la nueva convocatoria para el curso en línea “Gestión de la seguridad y protección para defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos y organizaciones sociales” dirigido principalmente a ONGs, organizaciones sociales y personas, interesadas en la seguridad en el trabajo de DDH, sus organizaciones y/o comunidades. ¿Por qué este curso? El área de formación […]

Colombia: La guerra continua para los defensores

Desde que se iniciaron la negociaciones de paz con las FARC, Colombia ha visto una significa disminución en varios de sus indicadores de violencia.  Han bajado las acciones bélicas y los homicidios pero al mismo tiempo han aumentado las distintas violaciones en contra de Defensores de Derechos Humanos: Cifras del articulo publicado por Pensamiento y Acción […]

Thailand: The struggles of land and environmental rights defenders

Land and environmental rights defenders in Thailand are struggling to make their voices heard, particularly since the 2014 coup d’état. Since then, the shrinking space to address their concerns has been drastically compromised. Human rights defenders (HRDs) in Thailand have been systematically criminalized, prosecuted, and even killed for their human rights and environmental work. In 2015, […]

Advocating for Burundian human rights defenders at the United Nations Human Rights Council

Protection International alongside representatives from the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP), CIVICUS, and CSOLifeline, met with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, on the margins of the 31st session of the Human Rights Council, to discuss the deteriorating human rights situation and the threats faced by […]

Berta Cáceres, a human rights and environmental defender, murdered

According to COPINH, Berta did not receive the protection the CIDH had asked for, from the government side. Therefore, Protection International calls on the international community to demand the Honduran government investigate the murder of Berta Cáceres and offer immediate protection to all witnesses of the case. We also released a joint statement at the 31st session […]

Pierre Claver demande au Conseil des droits de l’homme de proteger aux défenseurs au Burundi

Déclaration cojointe de EHAHRDP, CIVICUS et Protection International pendant le dialogue avec le Rapporteur spécial sur les défenseurs des droits de l’homme et  le Conseiller spécial pour la prévention de genocide. Lu par M. Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, président de l’APRODH Monsieur le Président, Au nom du East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, CIVICUS […]

Pierre Claver urges the UN Human Rights Council to protect HRDS in Burundi

On Friday 4, 2016 at the 31st Session of the Human Rights Council, Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, President of APRODH read a statement urging the Human Rights Council to take measures to protect human rights defenders in Burundi. Joint statement by EHAHRDP, CIVICUS, and Protection International for  the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights […]