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Protection International launches its 2019 – 2023 Global Strategy

Protection International’s 2019 – 2023 Global Strategy In recent years, we have witnessed a rise in powerful revisionist agendas on international human rights standards and a growth in inequality, discrimination, and a legitimization of oppression against minorities. State authorities are failing in their obligation to protect those who are targeted by powerful non-state actors, which […]

Protection International lanza su Estrategia global 2019 – 2023

La Estrategia global 2019 – 2023 de Protection International es nuestra respuesta a un escenario cambiante para las personas defensoras de derechos humanos. En los últimos años, hemos sido testigos del surgimiento de poderosos programas revisionistas sobre los estándares de derechos humanos internacionales, y de un aumento de la desigualdad, la discriminación y la legitimación […]

49 organizations condemn attacks and threats against Afro-Colombian and indigenous leaders

International statement condemning attacks and threats against Afro-Colombian and indigenous leaders Brussels, 13 May 2019, The European organizations and networks who have signed this statement reject the murder attempt against leaders from Afro-Colombian collectives from the Cauca department ACONC, PCN, and ASOM and threats against the indigenous women’s organization Wayúu Women’s Strength (Fuerza de Mujeres […]

Collective Protection of Human Rights Defenders ǀ A collective approach to the right to defend human rights.

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 flagship item of our global campaign #CommunitiesareHRDs. With the recent 20th anniversary of the UN declaration on Human Rights Defenders, much attention is currently focused on the indispensable work […]

[Open letter] Protection International and 200 organizations nominate the global community of HRDs for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

Brussels, 18/09/2018 – Protection International together with more than 200 organizations, including PI Mesoamerica, has signed on to this open letter endorsing the Nobel Peace Prize for the global community of Human Rights Defenders. The release of the open letter, launched by Peace Brigades International, is accompanied by a public petition: Human Rights Defenders for the Nobel […]

Defenders in Development: sign the open letter to states and development banks!

As we approach the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, Protection International and all members of the Defenders in Development Campaign are calling on states and development banks to take action to ensure that their development interventions support the realization of human rights and safeguard defenders. Around the world, as megaprojects […]