Protection International, OIDHACO and 22 other civil society organisations call on the EU to pressure the Colombian state to protect MRVA
Brussels, 22 May 2018 The International Office for Human Rights – Acción Colombia (OIDHACO) and the signatory organizations wish to express their deep concern to the European Union, its Member States, Switzerland and Norway about the situation of the population affected by the Hidroituango project in Colombia and the Ríos Vivos Antioquia Movement (MRVA), made up […]
Protection International, OIDHACO and 22 other civil society organisations call on the EU to pressure the Colombian state to protect MRVA
Brussels, 22 May 2018 The International Office for Human Rights – Acción Colombia (OIDHACO) and the signatory organizations wish to express their deep concern to the European Union, its Member States, Switzerland, and Norway about the situation of the population affected by the Hidroituango project in Colombia and the Ríos Vivos Antioquia Movement (MRVA), made up […]
Guatemala Human Rights Group Wins 2018 Front Line Defenders Award for the Americas
For the first time in its 13-year history, the Front Line Defenders Award human rights defenders at risk was given to activists from five countries #communitiesareHRDs Protection International celebrates that the Peaceful Resistance of the Microregion of Ixquisis has received the award, which is a recognition of the collective nature of the defense of […]
Guatemala Human Rights Group Wins 2018 Front Line Defenders Award for the Americas
For the first time in its 13-year history, the Front Line Defenders Award human rights defenders at risk was given to activists from five countries #communitiesareHRDs Protection International celebrates that the Peaceful Resistance of the Microregion of Ixquisis has received the award, which is a recognition of the collective nature of the defense of […]
No to mining, Yes to life – Appeal for solidarity with the Peaceful Resistance of Santa Rosa and Jalapa
No to mining, Yes to life Appeal of solidarity with the Peaceful Resistance of Santa Rosa and Jalapa This Tuesday, May 15, Protection International, Open Society Foundation y the Fund for Global Human Rights visited and expressed their solidarity with the Peaceful Resistance of Santa Rosa and Jalapa, which has been fighting for the defense of its territory, the […]
No to mining, Yes to life – Appeal for solidarity with the Peaceful Resistance of Santa Rosa and Jalapa
No to mining, Yes to life Appeal of solidarity with the Peaceful Resistance of Santa Rosa and Jalapa This Tuesday, May 15, Protection International, Open Society Foundation y the Fund for Global Human Rights visited and expressed their solidarity with the Peaceful Resistance of Santa Rosa and Jalapa, which has been fighting for the defense of its territory, the environment, […]
21 May 2018: Protection International and CEJIL present their latest publication #EsTiempoYa in Guatemala City
Brussels-Guatemala City, 16 May 2018 Protection International and the Centre for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) will be in Guatemala City next Monday 21 May at 16:00 to present their latest publication: Es Tiempo ya, effective public policies for the Right to defend human rights. Because of the high number of attacks against human rights […]
“Conviteros”: a journey into the fight of the communities in Cauca region, Colombia
16 May 2018 The biodiversity of a territory, the Community Council of the Guajuí River, in the Colombian Pacific, the […]
21 May 2018: Protection International and CEJIL present their latest publication #EsTiempoYa in Guatemala City
Brussels-Guatemala City, 16 May 2018 Protection International and the Centre for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) will be in Guatemala City next Monday 21 May at 16:00 in order to present their latest publication: Es Tiempo ya, effective public policies for the right to defend human rights. Because of the high number of attacks against […]
Joint Statement: Protection International and other organisations call for guarantees for human rights defenders
Tegucigalpa, 4 May 2018 On the occasion of the visit of the UN rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders, Michel Forst, to Tegucigalpa, 17 organizations, including Protection International, have signed a statement asking for guarantees to exercise the right to defend human rights in Honduras, a key action in the existence of democracy and the strengthening of the […]