Laos: After 10 years, civil society worldwide is still asking: “Where is Sombath?”
Sombath Somphone during a press conference in Manila, Philippines on August 2005. Photo: EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA 13 December 2022 Ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned civil society organizations and individuals, renew calls on the Lao government to determine his fate and whereabouts […]
Concern about the harassment, surveillance, and likely attempted murder of the lawyer and defender of the Peoples’ Front in Defense of Land and Water
Joint Declaration by: Peace Brigades International – PBI Mexico;World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH),in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders; Protection International Mesoamerica; Taula per Mèxic (Barcelona); Front line Defenders;Swedish Movement for Reconciliation – SweFOR; Amnesty International. Concern about the harassment, surveillance, […]
The Illusion of Abundance: Film Screening at the UN Forum on Business & Human Rights
The Illusion of Abundance Details: Location: Geneva, Switzerland Date: 30 November 2022 Time: 1:20PM – 2:40PM CET Address: Room XVIII, Palais des Nations Event language(s): English RSVP Needed: No Online/virtual participation: No About the movie The Illusion of Abundance: Carolina, Bertha and Maxima are hunting down some misbehaving corporation in the EU or the USA. […]
457 civil society organizations call on ASEAN to move beyond the Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar
To: ASEAN Leaders H.E. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Prime Minister of Brunei Darussalam H.E. Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia H.E. Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia H.E. Thongloun Sisoulith, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic H.E. Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, Prime Minister of […]
An Appeal to the UNFCCC & State Parties at COP27
PI Signs An Appeal to the UNFCCC & State Parties at COP27 The climate crisis is among the most critical and complex issues our planet and its people face. Human rights and climate action are increasingly indivisible and the need to transition to cleaner energies has never been more urgent. Yet this transition will be […]
International civil society urges the European Union to guarantee an enabling visa framework for human rights defenders
[Brussels] 7 September 2022.- In a joint statement published today at the initiative of ProtectDefenders.EU, 50 international civil society organizations -including Protection International– are calling on all European Union institutions and the EU Member States to return on its political mandate in favor of human rights and human rights defenders, and lead on the implementation […]
Statement calling for the renewal of the Special Rapporteur’s Mandate on Burundi
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) 18 August 2022 Burundi: Extend the Special Rapporteur’s mandate Excellencies, At the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council, in October 2021, the Council established a special procedure on Burundi. The new Special Rapporteur mandate includes […]
Letter for the New President and Vice President of Colombia to Guarantee an Environment Free of Violence for HRDs
Mr Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego President of the Republic of Colombia Mrs Francia Elena Márquez Vice-President of the Republic of Colombia Dear President Petro and Vice-President Márquez: The undersigned national and international organisations congratulate you on beginning your roles as President and Vice-President of the Republic of Colombia. Your presidency offers a new, hard-won opportunity […]
PI Signs Joint Letter to US President on Thailand’s Abusive Draft Law on Not-For-Profit Organisations
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. The White House Washington, DC Re: Thailand’s abusive draft law on not-for-profit organizations Dear President Biden, We, the undersigned non-profit organizations, are writing to express our serious concerns regarding Thailand’s Draft Act on the Operations of Not-for-Profit Organizations, which the Thai Cabinet approved in principle on January 4, 2022. Passage […]
Solidarity Statement with HEDA Resource Centre, Nigeria
Nairobi, 4 April 2022 We, the undersigned pan-African and international human rights organisations, are deeply concerned about the latest attacks against human rights defenders (HRDs) in Nigeria, and Africa. On the night of 28 March 2022, five armed men forcibly entered the home of Mr Olanrewaju Suraju, the Chairman of the Human and Environmental Development […]