UN Rapporteur, Michel Forst, meets with Protection International, PAS, and CocoCauca COCOCAUCA in Colombia

6/12/2018 – UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, met with representatives of Protection International, Pensamiento y Acción Social (PAS), and grassroots organization COCOCAUCA in Popayán, Cauca region, Colombia. They discussed the threats facing numerous communities across the West and South West of Colombia, including the Cauca, Bolívar, and Magdalena […]

[Press release] String Quartets Take a Stand for Human Rights Defenders

Social media campaign #music4HRDs spread around the globe as quartets video themselves performing a piece dedicated to an HRD who has been murdered or abducted 16/11/2018 – Brussels, BE: In conjunction with today’s release of the string quartet album For Those Who Died Trying and leading up to the United Nations’s World Human Rights Day […]

#ForThoseWhoDiedTrying & #ColombiaSomosComoTu – Protection International présente deux expositions au #HRDWorldSummit 2018

01/11/2018 – Protection International a présenté deux expositions au Sommet Mondial des Défenseur·se·s 2018 à Paris (29-31 octobre 2018). Deux projets différents, provenant de deux continents différents, mais défendant tous deux la paix, la justice et le droit à la défense des droits humains. SOMOS COMO TÚ  Les invisibles qui se battent pour leur terre, pour la […]

Thai WHRDs honored at the Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida, USA! #SidebySide

19/10/2018 – The photo project Side by Side – WHRDs 2018 featuring 20 women human rights defenders in Thailand by Luke Duggleby – British Bangkok-based global award-winning photographer- and Protection International, cross the ocean for the first time as part of the Southeast X Southeast exhibition. It is open to the public until 27th October at the Southeast Museum […]

Protection International congratulates its partner Dr. Denis Mukwege for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize | Read PI’s letter addressed to him!

15/10/2018 – Protection International welcomes the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Yazidi activist Nadia Murad and Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege for their fight against sexual violence in armed conflicts and congratulates them on this recognition. In addition, as Dr. Denis Mukwege has long been one of its partners, Protection International addressed him in a personal […]

[Open letter] Protection International and 200 organizations nominate the global community of HRDs for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

Brussels, 18/09/2018 – Protection International together with more than 200 organizations, including PI Mesoamerica, has signed on to this open letter endorsing the Nobel Peace Prize for the global community of Human Rights Defenders. The release of the open letter, launched by Peace Brigades International, is accompanied by a public petition: Human Rights Defenders for the Nobel […]

[Statement] International civil society organizations condemn the pattern of criminalization of human rights defenders in Burundi and call for the release of those unlawfully convicted to date

Brussels, 14 September 2018 Statement International civil society organizations condemn the pattern of criminalization of human rights defenders in Burundi and call for the release of those unlawfully convicted to date. On the occasion of the 39th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), the undersigned organizations wish to reiterate their support for the […]

UN complaint procedures for HRDs: opportunities and limits | PI’s discussion & coffee break | Brussels – 17/09/2018

06/09/2018 – Protection International invites you to its discussion & coffee break on UN complaint procedures for HRDs: opportunities and limits, which will take place next Monday 17 September, at the office of Protection International in Brussels. UN complaint procedures for human rights defenders: opportunities and limits BRUSSELS – MONDAY 17/09/2018 – 14.00-15.30 11, RUE DE […]