Protection International’s interventions are built upon the foundational research that our teams carry out. Explore the reports, guidebooks and publications below to learn the key take-aways from our research, programmatic activities and advocacy work.

Our publications are the foundation of our vision and our Global Strategy 2019-2023, which you can find here.

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Publications
5 March 2024
Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Report in FR, executive summary in EN – Rapport en français, résumé exécutif en anglais With the support of the...
English
This illustration shows an culturally diverse crowd of HRDs with disabilities, holding up signs saying "Nothing about us without us", "Leave no one behind", "Include disabled people in activism", and "we are people first!". The crowd is holding up a banner in front saying "Leave No One Behind" and at the front of the crowd there is a blind man with his guiding stick and a woman with a headscarf in a wheelchair.
Policy Makers Tools
21 February 2024
Global
“Human rights defenders with disabilities have great potential to transform the way human rights is understood and enacted. Their unique...
Publications
10 January 2024
Global
In recent years, the global landscape has witnessed a concerning erosion of democratic values and civil rights, which has resulted...
English
Publications
23 December 2023
Global
We are pleased to present Protection International’s 2022 Annual Report! As we celebrate our 15th Anniversary, we are thrilled to...
Policy Makers Tools
16 October 2023
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Megan Thomas In the regions of North and South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the protection...
English, French
Policy Makers Tools
3 March 2023
Colombia
[English translation bellow] El cambio climático es una realidad global, de la que no escapan las mujeres indígenas de La...
Spanish
Publications
1 March 2023
Guatemala
[English text bellow] En la actualidad, la defensa de los derechos humanos en Guatemala atraviesa una de sus peores crisis...
Spanish
Policy Makers Tools
8 December 2022
Americas, Honduras, Mexico
Protection International, JASS and CEJIL come together in this publication to deepen understanding of the gender perspective and violence against...
Spanish
29 September 2022
Global
Protection International is pleased to present our 2021 Annual Report. In this year’s report, we divided our chapters by pathways,...
English
Publications
4 August 2022
Global
[5 August 2022] Over the years, and especially since 2012, we have seen a growing number of countries adopt national...
English, French, Spanish
Publications
14 June 2022
Global
We are very proud to publish the Human Rights Defenders poetry book. This book is a result of the Human...
English
20 January 2022
Colombia
Colombia es uno de los países donde más se vulneran los derechos de las mujeres y de las personas defensoras...
Spanish
Defenders Tools
8 December 2021
Global
Protection International aims to enable and protect the free exercise of the right to defend human rights. To achieve this,...
Arabic, English, French, Spanish
Defenders Tools
22 October 2021
Africa
In July 2017, the human rights defender Germain Rukuki was arrested in his home and later charged with “rebellion”, “threatening...
English
Defenders Tools
1 September 2021
Americas, Colombia
The current situation of insecurity and the computer-related risks that people who are conducting activities in defence of human rights...
Spanish
Defenders Tools
30 August 2021
Global
Protection International aims to enable and protect the free exercise of the right to defend human rights. To achieve this,...
English, French, Spanish
Policy Makers Tools
13 August 2021
Global
Three Tools for the Evaluability of Public Policies for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders Framed by the research that...
English, French, Spanish
Publications
30 July 2021
Global
We are pleased to share with you Protection International‘s 2020 Annual Report, which brings together stories and highlights from this...
English, French, Spanish
Policy Makers Tools
15 June 2021
Global
“Understanding Death Threats Against Human Rights Defenders” is a reflection paper written by Enrique Eguren and Mauricio Angel of Protection...
English
Defenders Tools
14 June 2021
Brazil
On June 5, Protection International and the Institute of Black Women – GELEDÉS presented the guidebook “Sharing knowledge about collective...
Portuguese
Defenders Tools
21 April 2021
Colombia
What do we mean by collective protection and what are its main elements? In the infographic below, we share the...
Spanish
Defenders Tools
10 April 2021
Colombia
Within the framework of the social, economic and public health emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic, Protection International Colombia created the...
Spanish
Policy Makers Tools
8 February 2021
América Latina, Americas, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
To read the English article, follow the link. Memorias de cuatro conversatorios sobre la protección colectiva a personas y colectividades...
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Redefining the Risk Approach
Policy Makers Tools
26 January 2021
Global
Designing and implementing a human rights defender-centric approach to protection We are proud to publish “Redefining the Risk Approach”, a...
Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish