National and international organizations call for an end to threats and harassment against journalists and human rights defenders in the Q’eqchi’ Maya territory
Download the original declaration here We, the undersigned national and international human rights organizations, express our concern for the threats, intimidation and provocations that human rights defenders, journalists and social communicators are suffering in El Estor, Izabal. In the second week of June, workers at the Solway-CGN mine took part in intimidatory actions against those […]
[Public Statement] We Support the Call in favor of the United Nations Global Humanitarian Agreement and UN Mission in Colombia’s Call for a Ceasefire and We Ask for the Protection of the Lives of All Vulnerable People amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Bogota, April 3, 2020. The International Civil Society Organizations that subscribe to this communiqué identify in the unilateral ceasefire ordered by the ELN starting on April 1, 2020, and in the reactivation of the figure of the peace managers (gestores de Paz) by the government of Ivan Duque, a possibility to return to the path […]
Public Statement – International Civil Society Organisations in Alert for Assassinated Social Leaders and the Worsening Humanitarian Crisis in Colombia
As International Organisation we express our profound concern regarding the severe deterioration of the armed conflict in Colombia, which has already in 2020, taken the lives of 23 people, including four women and two ex-combatants in the process of reincorporation. This serious humanitarian situation is putting the sustainability of the Colombian peace process in jeopardy. […]
Public Statement – One year after the killing of Julián Carrillo, the EU must act for HRDs in Mexico
One year after the killing of Mexican human rights defender (HRD) Julián Carrillo, our organizations call for the European Union (EU) and its member states to step up efforts toward justice for his killing and to reinforce their support to HRDs throughout the country. On 24 October 2018, indigenous environmental, land, and territory defender, Julián […]
EU-LAT: Protection International contributes to a set of recommendations to the EU and its Member States for the protection of women and men human rights defenders in Latin America
As a member of the EU-LAT, a pluralistic network of European movements and organizations promoting solidarity between the people of Latin America and Europe, Protection International contributed to the definition of a set of recommendations to the EU and its Member States for the protection of women and men human rights defenders in Latin America. […]
Protection International is deeply saddened by the loss of our colleagues Ana Paula Hernández and Sally O’neill
Protection International wishes to express its heartfelt condolences to the family members, friends, and colleagues from the Fund for Global Human Rights of both Ana Paula Hernández and Sally O’neill. Their untimely passing from a traffic accident last 7 April, alongside Ana Velásquez and Daniel Tuc, has deeply affected all those who have had the […]
[Statement] 105 organizations from 25 countries co-sign statement on the assassination of Brazilian human rights defender Dilma Ferreira Silva
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 Movement of Dam-Affected Peoples in Brazil, the undersigned human rights and environmental organizations call on Brazilian authorities and multilateral organizations to ensure that […]
[Guatemala] Statement on the Consultation Process and Threats against Xinka Human Rights Defenders
Guatemala, 28 March de 2019 The below-signed international organizations express our grave concern regarding the consultation process with Xinka authorities and communities. During the last few months, representatives of the Xinka People have denounced, despite the Constitutional Court resolution 4785-2017, that they have not been allowed to fully participate in the process of defining the […]
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 […]
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 […]