Protection International (PI) began working in the DRC in 2004. The country work initially began through regular missions in which PI staff conducted security trainings with civil society groups. During the early period of PI’s presence in the DRC, the organisation developed strong relations with civil society in the East, training local activists. In 2009, a Protection Desk was established.
PI has increasingly become an important voice within Congolese civil society in North and South Kivu specialised on security management for human rights defenders.
The organisation currently has offices in both Bukavu and Goma.
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Dr Mukwege on Human Rights Defenders in DRC
This video is part of Protection International's campaign "Voices of Defenders in DRC. More on the campaign on:
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“FROM DOCTOR TO DEFENDER: HOW DR MUKWEGE TOOK CHARGE OF HIS PATIENTS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND PROTECTION”
Prior to receiving the Prix Solidarité prize in Belgium this Thursday 16 October, Dr Denis Mukwege, Congolese gynaecologist and world renowned expe
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Between June and August 2012, Americano-Czech photographer Jana Ašenbrennerová spent some time with our team at the Protection Desk Congo. Here's the best-of. Protection Desk officer Balzac...
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UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Michel Forst made an academic visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the 13 to 18 February 2017 upon invitation by...
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“Voices of Defenders in DRC ” denounces the shrinking space for human rights defenders (HRDs) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who struggle in a context of rising political unrest....
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Urgent Action Needed to Deter Large-Scale Violence, Repression (Kinshasa), 9 December 2016 – The European Union and United States should expand targeted sanctions against those most responsible for...
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26 August, 2016 Mr Maman Sidikou United Nations Special Representative to the Secretary General Democratic Republic of Congo Dear Mr. Maman Sidikou, We are writing to share our concerns about the...
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Photo credit: TRIAL International/ CCIJ Public statement Prominent human rights defender Pascal Kabungulu was brutally murdered in 2005. On the eleventh anniversary of his death, Congolese civil...
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On 10 February 2016, the Governor of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo promulgated an edict on the protection of human rights defenders and journalists in South Kivu. The vote and...
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25th August, 2014. Brussels, Belgium - Last week Protection International had the pleasure of welcoming Roger Muchuba from its new liaison office in Kinshasa of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC...
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Between June and August 2012, Americano-Czech photographer Jana Ašenbrennerová spent some time with our team at the Protection Desk Congo. Here’s the best-of. Protection Desk officer Balzac...
