Latin America
The Netherlands/Honduras : Tulip Award 2010 (2min27 EN)
In November 2010, the Dutch government awarded the 2010 Human Rights Tulip Award to Bertha Oliva de Nativí of Honduras, for her struggle for the ri
Latin America
Mexico : Impunity for the assassination of Jyri Jaakkola and Bety Cariño (4min25 EN)
On 27 April 2010, Jyri Jaakkola, a Finnish international observer, was shot dead as he was on his way to San Juan Copala, a village of Triqui indig
Latin America
Report on discussions concerning the collective protection of individuals and communities that are defenders of human, environmental and territorial rights In 2020, Protection International-PI, the...
Latin America
Protection International se une con 17 organizaciones en firmar un comunicado para reconocer y respaldar la legítima labor de defensa de derechos y la búsqueda de justicia que ejerce el COPINH Las...
Latin America
Protection International (PI) is recruiting a PI Representative in Honduras. Terms of Reference available in English and Spanish. Start date: August 2019 Position: Representative for Honduras...
Latin America
Statement on the Assassination of Dilma Ferreira Silva, leader of Brazil’s Movement of Dam-Affected Peoples (MAB) In the face of the brutal crime committed on March 22nd against a coordinator of the...
Latin America
13/12/2018 Brussels - Protection International launches its latest publication, Collective Protection of Human Rights Defenders ǀ A collective approach to the right to defend human rights, the...
Latin America
Protection International and the Centre for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) present their new publication: Es Tiempo Ya, políticas publicas eficaces para el derecho a defender los derechos...
Latin America
Today, Olban Milla of COPINH community radio stations was arbitrarily arrested and detained at the Police station of La Esperenza, Honduras. He was on his way with other members of the Lenca...
Latin America
The IACHR has issued a press release welcoming the laws and measures approved by the US and several states of Latin America while encouraging them to continue their efforts to ensure the human rights...
Latin America
" [...] Today, we say that Berta hasn't died. The murderers were wrong. She lives." Bertha Zúñiga A demonstration was held on April 20th in front of the Honduran embassy in Brussels in order to...
Latin America
This week two human rights and environmental defenders from COPINH (Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras) will be visiting Brussels. Afterwards the Indigenous Lenca...
