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 […]
The Sunflower Declaration: A call to action to protect human rights defenders at risk
Today, the “Sunflower Declaration” was released, a call to action that PI endorsed to protect human rights defenders at risk. This declaration – issued as part of the Nobel Peace Conference 2023 – reiterates that everyone can be a human rights defender, that this role can take several forms and that human rights cannot exist […]
[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 broche de oro, desde Protección Internacional (PI) en Colombia y VerdadAbierta.com regresamos con una nueva temporada de Defendemos Podcast, un espacio de reflexión y construcción desde las voces de las lideresas, líderes sociales y personas […]
Uprooted Yet Undeterred
Human rights defenders in Colombia continue to stand up for themselves and their communities regardless of forced displacement Dozens of refugees and internally displaced people are human rights defenders (HRDs), but they are not always effectively recognized as such. In this article, we tell some stories about these defenders in Colombia, the challenges their communities […]
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 […]
Defensoras y defensores de derechos humanos de Guatemala, El Salvador y Colombia intercambian experiencias de protección colectiva.
Ciudad de Guatemala, 29/11/2018 – El pasado 28 y 29 de noviembre se realizó el intercambio internacional entre defensoras y defensores de derechos humanos y del territorio de diferentes resistencias pacíficas de Guatemala, El Salvador y Colombia con el objetivo de realizar un análisis en conjunto sobre el contexto regional de avance del modelo económico […]
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 […]
Press release | A step forward for security and protection of human rights defenders #rethinkingprotection
Brussels, 14 December 2017 – A year before the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on HRDs, Protection International and the Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) of the University of York organised an international roundtable these 12 & 13 December 2017 to reflect collectively on the way security and protection of human rights defenders […]
PI WELCOMES THE ADOPTION OF A NEW RESOLUTION ON THE PROTECTION OF HRDS AT THE 22ND SESSION OF THE UNITED NATION HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON 21 MARCH 2013
Brussels March 27th, 2013 Protection International welcomes the adoption of a new and important resolution on human rights defenders at the 22nd Session of the United Nation Human Rights Council on 21 March 2013. “Criminalization puts the ax to the roots of the human rights movement in so many countries. It’s important that the Human […]