Protection International and other civil society organizations reject the excessive use of firearms and police abuse in Bogota
International civil society organizations reject the excessive use of firearms and police abuse in the city of Bogota that leaves as a tragic result the death of 13 people, 400 injuries, 72 of them with firearms, and 3 women sexually harassed [Bogota /Brussels] September 21 2020.- The Cooperation Space for Peace, the International Office for […]
[Job Opportunity] Latin America Programme Coordinator Assistant – Paid Internship
Protection International is looking for a Latin America Programme Coordinator Assistant (paid internship) to join their office in Brussels. Terms of reference available here. Deadline for applications: 20 September 2020. Start date: 5 October 2020. Latin America Programme Coordinator Assistant Job Title: Latin America Programme Coordinator AssistantReports to: Latin America Programme CoordinatorLocation: Brussels – Belgium […]
Ending Gag Lawsuits in Europe: Protecting Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Protecting Democracy and Fundamental Rights Find the PDF version of this paper here. The problem: gag lawsuits against public interest defenders The EU must end gag lawsuits used to silence individuals and organizations that hold those in positions of power to account. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) are lawsuits brought forward by powerful actors […]
Women Human Rights Defenders at Risk Carry Out Advocacy Actions in Europe to Explain Their Cases and Show the Current Human Rights Situation in Guatemala
Representatives from the Peaceful Resistance of the Microregion of Ixquisis and the Peaceful Resistance of Santa Rosa, Jalapa, and Jutiapa, a movement representing the Xinka indigenous people affected by extractive projects, have just concluded a European tour. The defenders carried out advocacy and awareness-raising activities, presenting to both European citizens and decision-makers their cases, ones […]
Protection International joins over 100 NGOs in a statement to stop the criminalization of solidarity in Europe
Joint Statement: The EU must stop the criminalization of solidarity with migrants and refugees Brussels, 26.07.2019 – The criminalisation of solidarity in Europe is soaring. Researchers and civil society have identified at least 49 ongoing cases of investigation and criminal prosecution in 11 Member States involving a total of 158 people in a recent study […]
[Press release] String Quartets Take a Stand for Human Rights Defenders
Social media campaign #music4HRDs spread around the globe as quartets video themselves performing a piece dedicated to an HRD who has been murdered or abducted 16/11/2018 – Brussels, BE: In conjunction with today’s release of the string quartet album For Those Who Died Trying and leading up to the United Nations’s World Human Rights Day […]
UN complaint procedures for HRDs: opportunities and limits | PI’s discussion & coffee break | Brussels – 17/09/2018
06/09/2018 – Protection International invites you to its discussion & coffee break on UN complaint procedures for HRDs: opportunities and limits, which will take place next Monday 17 September, at the office of Protection International in Brussels. UN complaint procedures for human rights defenders: opportunities and limits BRUSSELS – MONDAY 17/09/2018 – 14.00-15.30 11, RUE DE […]
Protection International & CAHR roundtable REPORT and VIDEO are out! #rethinkingprotection #CommunitiesareHRDs
21/06/218 – Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, Protection International and the Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) of the University of York hosted an international roundtable in Brussels on 12 and 13 December 2017, entitled “Rethinking the protection of Human Rights Defenders”. The report and the video […]
Protection International & CAHR roundtable REPORT and VIDEO are out! #rethinkingprotection #CommunitiesareHRDs
21/06/218 – Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, Protection International and the Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) of the University of York hosted an international roundtable in Brussels on 12 and 13 December 2017, entitled “Rethinking the protection of Human Rights Defenders”. The report and the video […]
Upcoming event: The time is NOW – PI, CEJIL and ISHR | 20 June | Geneva
Brussels, 15 June 2018 The time is NOW – Effective public policies to protect the right to defend human rights Protection International, the Centre of Justice and International Law (CEJIL) and the International Service of Human Rights (ISHR) are hosting the presentation of the publication “The time is now, for effective public policies to protect the right to defend human […]