“Public Policies for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders: The State of the Art” Protection International (PI) is pleased to present its first FOCUS report. FOCUS is a global observatory on public policies for human rights defenders’protection. To commemorate the 15th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the right and responsibility of individuals, groups and institutions to promote and protect universally-recognized human rights and fundamental liberties, the report includes results [...]
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NEW VERSION OF FOCUS REPORT 2013 ON PUBLIC POLICIES AND NATIONAL MECHANISMS
SALVAGENTE, SACRIFICE AND SECURITY
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VIEW ALL VIDEOSThe purpose of this new translation in Swahili of our protection manual is to provide human rights defenders from Eastern Africa with additional knowledge and some tools that may be useful for improving their understanding of security and protection. It is hoped that the manual will support training on security and protection and will help defenders to undertake their own risk assessments and define security rules and procedures which suit [...]
In recent years several governments have developed specific national mechanisms to protect defenders, all of them in countries seriously lacking in protection for human rights defenders. These mechanisms (laws, action policies, offices) have been established under pressure from (and with the cooperation of) national and international human rights organisations, with essential legal support from the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. At Protection International, this development has led us to [...]
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ProtectionLine is a web platform dedicated to the exchange of experiences and information between human rights defenders. Its aim is to foster effort among as many social actors as possible and induce solidarity action in favor of defenders. There you can read and browse through urgent appeals to protect civil society actors, thematic reports, declarations and press releases. A library and a tools section divided in several thematics are also at your full disposal as a resource to inform actions and tactics to protect defenders.
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BRIEFING ON THE MECHANISM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND JOURNALISTS (PBI MEXICO)
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27 APRIL 2013 / By PBI MEXICO PROJECT
April 2013 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND JOURNALISTS The need for [...]
BRAZIL: NGO COMMUNITY COMES OUT TO SUPPORT HRD ALEXANDRE ANDERSON DE SOUZA (HANS THOOLEN ON HRDS)
NEWS
04 FEBRUARY 2013 / By HANS THOOLEN ON HRDS
29 January 2013 On 28 January 2013, a number of Brazilian civil society organisations and social movements addressed an [...]
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A space for parliamentary action to protect human rights defenders
BELGIUM : PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION ON THE PROTECTION OF DEFENDERS
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24 JANUARY 2013
On February, 13th, 2012, the Belgian Parliament adopted unanimously a new resolution (the 2n) on the protection of defenders. In this text Belgian MPs formulate 13 request to their [...]
BURUNDI/BELGIUM: TWINNING BETWEEN DEFENDER AND MP (VIDEO)
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07 JUNE 2012
July 2010. While visiting Burundi to observe the general election there, Belgian sp.a deputy Dirk Van Der Maelen enquires about the sensitive situation of human rights defenders in the [...]
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Online trainings on security and protection management for defenders and social organisations
Education and training for defenders is a broad subject with different needs. One of them is security. With this online course, we aim at helping defenders developing various skills, capacities and strategies to allow them to improve their level of security and protection.
Duration: 60 hours over 3 months (5 hours/week).
Languages: Spanish and English already started. French to come.