Annual Report 2019
We are pleased to share with Protection International‘s 2019 Annual Report, a publication which brings together our stories and highlights with women and men human rights defenders (W/HRDs) who protect the Right to Defend Human Rights (RDHR) across the globe. 2019 was a year in which the world witnessed a rise in extremist politics, exacerbated […]
Annual Report 2018
Protection International is pleased to share its 2018 Annual Report, one which highlights some remarkable moments from a challenging year for human rights defenders (HRDs) and protection of the right for all to defend human rights. 2018 was a year of both celebration and struggle for Protection International and its partners. During this year, which […]
The risks of defenders of the right to land and territory in the post-peace agreement scenario in Colombia
The risks of defenders of the right to land and territory in the post-peace agreement scenario in Colombia – a view from the region is a joint publication by Protection International and Pensamiento y Acción Social (PAS) that throws light on the reality for land rights defenders in a post-peace agreement Colombia, as well as […]
Collective Protection of Human Rights Defenders | A collective approach to the right to defend human rights
Collective Protection of Human Rights Defenders | A collective approach to the right to defend human rights aims to contribute to a shift in current prevailing narratives on the collective protection of human rights defenders. In a context where much attention is currently focused on the indispensable work carried out by communities of human rights […]
Stigmatisation and Criminalisation of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala | Criminalisation Series #3
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, Protection International (PI) today launches the fourth publication of its Criminalisation Series, Stigmatisation and Criminalisation of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala in the context of mega-hydroelectric projects. Although the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders remains a fundamental tool for […]
[Spanish] Collective protection of defenders of rights to land and territory in Colombia: indigenous communities as collective actors. The ACIN case
Collective protection of defenders of rights to land and territory in Colombia: indigenous communities as collective actors. The ACIN case is a joint publication by Protection International and Pensamiento y Acción Social (PAS) that tries to understand and analyse the collective ways in which the Nasa indigenous peoples think and protect themselves (Nasa indigenous people […]
The Time is NOW! – Effective public policies for the right to defend human rights
Protection International and the Centre for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) present their new publication: The Time is Now | Effective public policies for the right to defend human rights. In view of the high number of attacks against human rights defenders in the Americas (and the rest of the world), THE TIME IS NOW […]
Collective protection of HRDs: defenders of the right to land and territory
Protection International, in collaboration with its Colombian partner Pensamiento y Acción Social (PAS), launches an innovative publication exploring broader approaches to the protection of human rights defenders, particularly those defending the right to land and territory: COLLECTIVE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS OF THE RIGHT TO LAND AND TERRITORY – CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENTS AND METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES. […]
Manual to prevent the criminalisation of defenders of the right to land and territory (2016)
It is the result of the accompaniment that PAS and PI carried out with peasant, Afro-descendant and Indigenous communities in different regions of Colombia and is part of the effort carried out by PI to characterise and prevent the phenomenon of criminalisation worldwide.
[Spanish] Manual para prevenir la criminalización de los defensores del derecho a la tierra y el territorio
The following Manual is only available in Spanish.