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27 March 2023

Kenya

Missing Voices 2022 Report: Accountability Now

Missing Voices is a coalition of organisations that together -including with the help of Protection International in Africa- have been...

Campaign materials

24 March 2023

Europe

Interview with Board Member Mahmoud AbuRahma

INTERVIEW WITH MAHMOUD ABURAHMA European Network Against Racism (ENAR), member of Protection International’s Board To mark the International Day for...

Articles

21 March 2023

Global

Human Rights Defenders Poetry Challenge book inspire activists of today and tomorrow

Protection International (PI) created a poetry challenge as a way to support and celebrate human rights defenders who embody the...

20 March 2023

Europe

Position Paper: Racialisation and shrinking space

In December 2022, ENAR (European Network Against Racism), together with Frontline Defenders and Protection International, organised a seminar on shrinking...

Joint letter

17 March 2023

Africa

Rwanda: Questionable Trial After Journalist’s Death

15 March, 2023 86 organizations reiterate call for an independent investigation Rwandan authorities must allow an independent, impartial and effective...

Articles

8 March 2023

Global

Women human rights defenders come together around the world

Collectives of women human rights defenders (HRDs) are organising around the world to combat the violations of their rights, deepened...

Articles

7 March 2023

Colombia

25 years of regulations for the protection of human rights defenders in Colombia

It has been 25 years since the first protection mechanism for people at risk due to armed conflict (December 1997)...

Joint letter

1 March 2023

Democratic republic of the Congo

[French] Politique étrangère de la France en Afrique: les droits humains et la démocratie aux abonnés absents

[English version at the end] 28 février 2023. Dans le cadre de visites diplomatiques sur le continent africain, le Président...

Event information

22 February 2023

Global

Applications are now OPEN for our e-learning course on “Security and Protection Management for Human Rights Defenders and Social Organisations“

Protection International (PI) will be running the second edition of its 2023 online course “Security and Protection Management for Human...

Joint letter

20 February 2023

Africa, Europe

“Renewed EU Great Lakes Strategy”: A Missed Opportunity for Good Governance and Human Rights

The European Network for Central Africa (EurAc) welcomes the adoption of a new European Strategy for the Great Lakes, which...

Joint letter

10 February 2023

Global

Civil society letter to the OECD on human rights defenders and the update of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

10 February 2023 Ms. Christine Kaufman Chair of the Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...

Public statement

2 February 2023

Asia

On the two-year anniversary of Myanmar military coup, stronger ASEAN and UN action is needed

Photo by Pyae Sone Htun on Unsplash. Free to use under the Unsplash License. Yesterday marked two years since the military...

Joint letter

30 January 2023

Europe

NGOs Call on the EP to Reconsider Decision on 500-Word Limit for Urgency Resolution

Brussels, January 30, 2023 Dear President Metsola, Dear Presidents of the political groups of the European Parliament, We are writing...

Joint letter

20 December 2022

Europe

Joint NGO Letter to the European Parliament on Proposals to Halt Human Rights Activities

Brussels, December 20, 2022, Dear President Metsola, Dear Presidents of the political groups of the European Parliament, We are writing...

Articles

15 December 2022

Colombia

[Spanish] ¡Segunda temporada de Defendemos Podcast!

Alzamos nuestra voz por la defensa de los derechos humanos ¡Segunda temporada de Defendemos Podcast! Para cerrar el 2022 con...

Joint letter

13 December 2022

Asia

Laos: After 10 years, civil society worldwide is still asking: “Where is Sombath?”

Sombath Somphone during a press conference in Manila, Philippines on August 2005. Photo: EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA 13 December 2022 Ahead...

Public statement

2 December 2022

Global

Main Take-Aways from the 2022 UN Forum on Business & Human Rights

[Brussels, Belgium] As a global community, we will not achieve our goals for improved transparency, climate action, universal access to...

Public statement

29 November 2022

Thailand

Women Human Rights Defenders in Thailand Advocate for Care Income Amendment

On 29 November at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), the Women Human Rights Defenders Collective in Thailand organised...

Joint letter

29 November 2022

Latin America

Concern about the harassment, surveillance and likely attempted murder of the lawyer and defender of the Peoples’ Front in Defense of Land and Water

Joint Declaration by: Peace Brigades International – PBI Mexico; World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and International Federation for Human Rights...

Event information

23 November 2022

Europe

The Illusion of Abundance: Film Screening at the UN Forum on Business & Human Rights

The Illusion of Abundance Details: Location: Geneva, Switzerland Date: 30 November 2022 Time: 1:20PM – 2:40PM CET Address: Room XVIII,...

Report

26 October 2022

Global

Pathway to A Feminist International Corporate Accountability Framework

The report – Pathway to A Feminist International Corporate Accountability Framework – published by ActionAid, ACCA, ACT Alliance, AWID, FIDA...

Joint letter

25 October 2022

Asia

457 civil society organizations call on ASEAN to move beyond the Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar

To: ASEAN Leaders H.E. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Prime Minister of Brunei Darussalam H.E. Hun Sen, Prime Minister...

Press release

13 October 2022

Global

Environmental Defenders from Brazil at EU Parliament Stir Up Sustainable Due Diligence Debate

[Brussels] 12 October 2022 – Last night over one hundred European policymakers, members of civil society active in the fight...

Joint letter

12 October 2022

Global

An Appeal to the UNFCCC & State Parties at COP27

PI Signs An Appeal to the UNFCCC & State Parties at COP27 The climate crisis is among the most critical...

Missing Voices 2022 Report: Accountability Now

Interview with Board Member Mahmoud AbuRahma

Human Rights Defenders Poetry Challenge book inspire activists of today and tomorrow

Position Paper: Racialisation and shrinking space

Rwanda: Questionable Trial After Journalist’s Death

Women human rights defenders come together around the world

25 years of regulations for the protection of human rights defenders in Colombia

[French] Politique étrangère de la France en Afrique: les droits humains et la démocratie aux abonnés absents

Applications are now OPEN for our e-learning course on “Security and Protection Management for Human Rights Defenders and Social Organisations“

“Renewed EU Great Lakes Strategy”: A Missed Opportunity for Good Governance and Human Rights

Civil society letter to the OECD on human rights defenders and the update of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

On the two-year anniversary of Myanmar military coup, stronger ASEAN and UN action is needed

NGOs Call on the EP to Reconsider Decision on 500-Word Limit for Urgency Resolution

Joint NGO Letter to the European Parliament on Proposals to Halt Human Rights Activities

[Spanish] ¡Segunda temporada de Defendemos Podcast!

Laos: After 10 years, civil society worldwide is still asking: “Where is Sombath?”

Main Take-Aways from the 2022 UN Forum on Business & Human Rights

Women Human Rights Defenders in Thailand Advocate for Care Income Amendment

Concern about the harassment, surveillance and likely attempted murder of the lawyer and defender of the Peoples’ Front in Defense of Land and Water

The Illusion of Abundance: Film Screening at the UN Forum on Business & Human Rights

Pathway to A Feminist International Corporate Accountability Framework

457 civil society organizations call on ASEAN to move beyond the Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar

Environmental Defenders from Brazil at EU Parliament Stir Up Sustainable Due Diligence Debate

An Appeal to the UNFCCC & State Parties at COP27

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