16th Year of Somchai’s Disappearance Committed to Memory: the Disappeared and Those They Left Behind

On 11 March 2020, the Neelapaijit Family, Amnesty International  Thailand, Cross-Cultural Foundation, Human Rights Lawyer Association, International Commission of Jurists, Protection International, and UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia, with the support of the European Union, will co-host an exhibition featured personal belongings of those who disappeared or went missing, followed by a public […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Indonesia: In 2019 Human Rights Defenders Continue to Be Threatened

Jakarta/Brussels December 9, 2019 – On International Human Rights Defenders Day, the Civil Society Coalition for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (Human Rights Defenders Coalition), a coalition in which Protection International Indonesia is a member, hosted an event highlighting the continued threats facing Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in Indonesia. The Human Rights Defenders Coalition […]

République démocratique du Congo : l’Édit portant protection des défenseur∙e∙s des droits humains adopté au Nord-Kivu

Goma, 21 novembre 2019. Protection International se réjouit de l’adoption, le 11 novembre 2019 à Goma, en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), de l’Édit provincial sur la protection des hommes et femmes défenseur∙e∙s des droits humains (F/DDH) et journalistes au Nord-Kivu par les députés de l’Assemblée Provinciale. Cette étape capitale avant la promulgation de l’Édit […]

Lancement officiel à Nairobi du nouveau hub régional pour l’Afrique

Protection International a officiellement lancé à Nairobi, au Kenya, son nouveau hub régional pour l’Afrique. Premier des quatre prévus dans le cadre de la Stratégie globale 2019 – 2023, ce nouveau centre opérationnel possède désormais ses propres structures de gestion et de gouvernance locales. Il est en mésure d’entretenir de manière indépendante des relations avec des […]