Declaración: Frente al autoritarismo y la violencia – reafirmamos nuestra defensa de los derechos humanos
América Latina, julio 2026 ●Organizaciones, redes y personas defensoras de derechos humanos reunidas en los Diálogos de Protección: Cuerpo, Territorio y Soberanía, en el marco de la Juntanza Latinoamericana, alertamos sobre el grave contexto que enfrenta la región y la urgente necesidad de fortalecer la protección de quienes defienden derechos. La realidad de nuestra región […]
Comunicado: En apoyo a los líderes y abogados de la ASOCIACIÓN QHANA PUKARA KURMI
Bolivia, 8 de septiembre Ante la escalada y la gravedad de amenazas, acoso, difamaciones, señalamientos y otras formas de violencia contra los líderes y los abogados de la Asociación de Pueblos Indígena Originario Campesinos “Qhana Pukara Kurmi”, violencia ejercida principalmente por actores vinculados a las actividades mineras en Viacha y zona aledañas, las organizaciones abajo […]
The Manaus Declaration: A Call to Protect Human Rights Defenders in the Context of the Climate Crisis [ESP]
[Abajo en español] On 20 August 2024, more than 400 Indigenous communities, tribal peoples, civil society organisations, and collectives presented the “Manaus Declaration on Human Rights in the Climate Emergency” to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). This landmark document emerges as an urgent response to the global climate crisis, aiming to reinforce climate […]
EU-CELAC Renewed Partnership: Public policies for the individual and collective protection of human rights defenders
Brussels, 17 July 2023 Protection International urges the EU to ensure that human rights remain at the very center of the EU’s relations with the Americas. We urge the EU, CELAC, and individual member states to draft a joint roadmap, in consultation with human rights actors, addressing the alarming exacerbation of shrinking civic space in […]
[Invitación] Cero tolerancia a represalias: El rol de los bancos en el desarrollo y del Acuerdo de Escazú en la protección de las personas defensoras
Este miércoles, 19 de abril, en el marco de la COP2 del Acuerdo de Escazú, tendrá lugar el webinar en línea “Cero tolerancia a represalias: El rol de los bancos en el desarrollo y del Acuerdo de Escazú en la protección de las personas defensoras”, co-organizado por Protection International. El evento en línea es a […]
Collective Protection Networks for Remote Rural Communities: A Case Study of the Role of Social Networks in Protecting Rural Communities in Latin America
Working Paper No. 11 Protection International, May 2021 The Human Rights Defender Hub Working Papers Series This Working Paper Series aims to make research related to HRDs freely accessible and to promote further discussion and research. The papers in this series present recent research findings, highlight under-explored issues, and set out theoretical or methodological approaches […]
Protection International joins nearly 400 Organizations in the Americas demanding respect for the autonomy of the Inter-American Commission
We, the signatory organizations, users of the Inter-American system of protection of human rights, express our profound concern regarding the decision announced by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) not to renew the mandate of the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). We consider that this decision […]
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 […]
Thai WHRDs honored at the Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida, USA! #SidebySide
19/10/2018 – The photo project Side by Side – WHRDs 2018 featuring 20 women human rights defenders in Thailand by Luke Duggleby – British Bangkok-based global award-winning photographer- and Protection International, cross the ocean for the first time as part of the Southeast X Southeast exhibition. It is open to the public until 27th October at the Southeast Museum […]