15 Years of the Risk Approach for Protection: Evaluating Successes and Shortcomings
Experts gather in online consultation to assess the effectiveness of this method and produce a set of minimum standards for the protection of HRDs In 2005, researchers from Protection International first conceptualized the idea of applying the risk approach for women and men human rights defenders (HRDs) and, subsequently, elaborated the first Manual on this […]
Taking Care of Us – A Guide for the Collective Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Rural Areas (2020)
Protection International presents the third edition of the publication “Taking Care of Us”, a methodology developed by our team at Protection International Mesoamerica. This publication presents our experience and lessons learned working with human rights defenders in the Mesoamerican region since 2007. This latest publication aims to illustrate our work accompanying groups that defend human […]
Public Development Banks (PDB) must deliver on the world we want
As the world faces the deepest global health, social, and economic crises in a century, intertwined with the growing destruction of biodiversity, the worsening impacts of the climate crisis, increasing and intersecting inequalities, and threats to fundamental rights, we, the undersigned civil society organizations, call on Public Development Banks (PDBs) to devote their considerable financial […]
Protection International joins over 200 organizations urging development banks to prioritize human rights in the global finance summit – Finance in Common
3 September 2020, In a letter addressed to the French Development Agency, over 200 organizations around the world are calling for the principles of a human rights-based and community-led development to be included and prioritized both in the agenda and the outcomes of the Finance in Common Summit, a high-level gathering of all Public Development […]
Protection International Publishes its 2019 Annual Report in English, French and Spanish
We are pleased to share with you our 2019 Annual Report, a publication that brings together our stories and highlights 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 conflicts, […]
Protection International publica su Informe Anual de 2019 en español, francés e inglés
Nos complace compartir con ustedes, lectoras y lectores, nuestro Informe Anual 2019, una publicación que reúne nuestros relatos y momentos destacados con las personas defensoras de los derechos humanos (M/DDH) que protegen el derecho a defender los derechos humanos (DDDH) en todo el mundo. 2019 fue un año en el que el mundo observó un […]
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 […]
#StayWithDefenders | PI’s Global Campaign on the Right to Defend Human Rights in Times of COVID-19
COVID-19 is a challenge for all across the world. This is also true for women and men human rights defenders (W/HRDs), who are now even more at risk for standing for the Right to Defend Human Rights (RDHR). “#StayWithDefenders in times of COVID-19” is our Global Campaign on the Right to Defend Human Rights in […]
The Role of Civil Society Organisations During and in a Post-COVID-19 World
Human rights provide us with a sophisticated tool to guide responses during crises and social upheaval. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted in 1948, was itself a response to half a century of turmoil: two world wars, a pandemic and economic depression. It drew on previous charters and aimed to provide a broad […]
In full solidarity with defenders: Protection International’s recommendations for Governments in addressing the global COVID-19 pandemic
27 March 2020, Brussels COVID-19 is presenting humanity with one of its biggest challenges in living memory, but under this pandemic, the threat to human rights, defenders, and our right to defend human rights is one that we call attention to. The impact of the COVID-19 virus has reached the four corners of the globe […]