PI’s Online Course “Security and protection management for human rights defenders and social organisations”

We are pleased to announce the opening of the registration for the online course “Security and Protection Management for Human Rights Defenders and Social Organizations” mainly addressed to NGOs, social organizations, and persons interested in the security work for HRD, their organizations, and/or communities. Why take this course? Education and training for Human Rights Defenders is a broad subject with […]

Conversatorio internacional ”Tejiendo la protección integral para defensores de DDH”

El pasado día 2 de diciembre tuvo lugar en el claustro de sor Juana en México DF el conversatorio internacional ”Tejiendo la protección integral para las defensoras de DDH” organizado por el Consorcio de Oaxaca y en el que formó parte Ilaria Tosello en representación de Protection International. A la cita se se sumaron organizaciones de la sociedad civil […]

PI PONE EN MARCHA LA CAMPAÑA STAND 4 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

La Red de Derechos Humanos y Democracia (HRDN, por sus siglas en inglés) puso en marcha el día 9 de noviembre de 2015 la campaña Stand 4 Human Rights Defenders que durará 12 meses. HRDN es un grupo informal de 48 ONG que operan a nivel europeo en el ámbito de los derechos humanos, la democracia y […]

Burundi human rights crisis: a joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council

On  November 9th a group of 11 International NGOs, issued a joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council, calling for a special session of the Council to adopt a resolution in response to the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in Burundi. Despite the efforts made by the international community to monitor and improve the human rights situation in the […]

New Security Incident at Klong Sai Pattana: Direct threats against the community and SPFT leaders

Protection International has been informed that, on the night of 27th October, at the  Southern Peasants’ Federation of Thailand (SPFT) member community Khlong Sai Pattana, Chaiburi district, Suratthani province,  40 palm trees were chopped down and removed from the community area. The following day, when two community members went to the Chaiburi Police Station to file a police report […]

Voices that cannot be silenced: Pierre Claver Mbonimpa speaks out on Burundi

Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, a leading Burundian Human Rights Defender (HRD), speaks about surviving an assassination attempt and the dangers facing activists in Burundi. On 3 August 2015, Pierre Claver Mbonimpa was shot in the face and neck as he returned home in his car from the office.  He survived the attack and is currently living […]

Les voix qui refusent de se taire: Pierre Claver Mbonimpa s’exprime sur le Burundi

Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, éminent défenseur des droits de l’homme burundais, raconte la tentative d’assassinat contre sa personne, et parle des dangers auxquels les activistes font face au Burundi. Le 3 août 2015, Pierre Claver Mbonimpa a été atteint par balles au visage et au cou, alors qu’il rentrait chez lui en voiture du bureau. Il […]

A must-read on HRD protection: a new Special Issue of the International Journal of Human Rights

New research on human rights defenders protection has just been published in a Special Issue of the International Journal of Human Rights. This special issue features papers from PI’s Board members Alice Nah, Luis Enrique Eguren Fernandez, and Champa Patel. This is the second collection of papers to come from the research initiative between Amnesty International, the Centre for Applied […]