UPCOMING EVENT: For Those Who Died Trying – Protection International, Frank Horvat & MIVOS Quartet | 6 August | Toronto

Brussels, 16 July 2018 For Those Who Died Trying Protection International announces For Those Who Died Trying, Mivos Quartet’s world premiere concert in Toronto of the Canadian composer Frank Horvat‘s compositions inspired by the homonymous photo exhibition, by British photographer Luke Duggleby. Monday 6 August | 5:00 pm Gathering Hall Mount Pleasant Cemetery 375 Mount Pleasant Rd. Toronto, […]

Online course for human rights defenders

We are pleased to announce the opening of the registration for the online course “Security and Protection Management for Human Rights Defenders and Social Organisations” mainly addressed to NGOs, social organizations, and persons interested in the security work for HRD, their organizations, and/or communities.   Why take this course? Education and training for Human Rights Defenders is a broad […]

Upholding Not Undermining International Law – Civil Society Open Letter to States

December 5th (Reissued) The 301 faith-based, non-governmental, and other civil society organizations listed below call on UN Member States to uphold, preserve, strengthen, and celebrate international refugee, human rights, and humanitarian treaties and reject efforts to undo or undermine legal norms. In recognition of the inalienable human dignity of each person, States built a rules-based […]

Launch of Activist Guide to the Declaration +25

Back in June 2024, after 700+ consultations and two conferences, alongside 18 other organisations we published the Declaration +25. This document marked the 25th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, bringing HRD protection up to speed into the first quarter of the 21st century. Both documents are now considered the baseline on […]

Protection International’s 2025 Global Seminar

Lire en français Leer en castellano From the 17th to the 21st of November, 37 of Protection International‘s international staff members gathered in Brussels, Belgium, as part of our Global Seminar – five days of learning, solidarity, political clarity, and renewed commitment to human rights defenders (HRDs). Colleagues from 7 teams across 4 continents and […]

Seminario Global 2025 de Protection International

Del 17 al 21 de noviembre, 37 miembros del equipo global de Protection International se reunieron en Bruselas, Bélgica, como parte de nuestro Seminario Global: cinco días de aprendizaje, solidaridad, claridad política y compromiso renovado con las personas defensoras de los derechos humanos. Los compañeros de siete equipos de cuatro continentes y quince nacionalidades trajeron […]

Séminaire Global 2025 de Protection International

Du 17 au 21 novembre, 37 membres de l’équipe mondiale de Protection International se sont réunis à Bruxelles, en Belgique, dans le cadre de notre séminaire mondial : cinq jours d’apprentissage, de solidarité, de clarté politique et d’engagement renouvelé envers les défenseur.e.s des droits humains (DDH). Nos collègues issus de 7 équipes réparties sur 4 […]

A Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society Organisations in Europe

Civil Society Europe and the European Civic Forum, leading an informal coalition of civil society organisations1 which includes Protection International, present the Mapping paper and the Pathways paper for a Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society Organisations in Europe. The papers aim to map the existing protection landscape and, based on the […]

Introducing the Declaration +25

Introducing the Declaration +25, an authoritative, civil society-led document that supplements the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. Together, these two texts form a comprehensive set of standards that are grounded in international law and are a baseline to protect defenders and the right to defend human rights. This document is the result of more […]