Salvagente, Sacrifice and Security
“There’s this streak of sacrifice in our culture” says Davide Zaveri, coordinator of the Salvagente project in Italy. “We Italians first focus on helping others in need – and need to overcome this reflex before we start thinking of our own security.” The Salvagente (‘Lifejacket’) project overcomes this reflex. It invited Protection International to Turin […]
25th Anniversary of Pbi – the Netherlands – Pi’s “the Law of the Strongest” Will Be Screen as Part of Their Programme of Celebrations
Today, 6th December 2013, marks 25 years since Peace Brigades International – The Netherlands, was established to support human rights defenders around the world. Protection International would like to congratulate them on this important anniversary and encourage them to carry on with the very important work they have been doing all these years. Protection International has […]
On the International Day of Human Rights, Civil Society Demands Greater Coherence in EU Foreign Policy
Brussels, Tuesday, 10 December 2013. On International Human Rights Day, civil society networks Alop, Cifca, Grupo Sur, Oidhaco, and Protection International urge the EU to make respect for human rights the guiding principle in its trade relations with Latin America. The European Parliament ratified trade agreements with Colombia, Peru, and Central America in December 2012. […]
Protection International continues to support the work of LGBTI human rights defenders
Brussels, 26 March 2014 – Protection International (PI) was invited by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) EU office in Brussels to deliver a workshop on Protection and Security Management for Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) Defending Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Rights in Africa. The session aimed to share PI’s long-standing experience on security and protection with […]
European Union and Human Rights Defenders: Time to move up a gear!
Brussels, 17 June 2014 – Today, at a seminar held at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union in Brussels, Front Line Defenders, Peace Brigades International, Protection International, the International Federation for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International celebrate the 10th anniversary of the European Union (EU) Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders . […]
10 YEARS OF THE EU GUIDELINES ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
BRUSSELS, 18 June – Ten years ago, on 14 June 2004, the Council of the European Union adopted Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders to improve support and protection given by the European Union (EU) to human rights defenders in non-EU countries. The 10th anniversary of the Guidelines was celebrated yesterday in Brussels at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to […]
Thailand: EU delegation visit to Loei
Loei, North Eastern Thailand: On 19 June a delegation of diplomats from the European Union (EU) accompanied by Protection International’s Protection Desk-Thailand traveled to Nanongbong village in Wangsaphung, to meet the community-based human rights defenders group Khon Rak Ban Koed. The Khon Rak Ban Koed Group works with communities in six villages, including Nanongbong, in […]
Syafii’s struggle for religious minority rights in East Java
With a population of around 250 million characterized by high ethnic and religious diversity, Indonesia has been facing the difficult challenge of maintaining peaceful and harmonious co-existence between followers of different faiths. In some instances, religious minority communities have been chased away from their homes. After a conflict with an anti-Shiite group in August 2012, […]
Geneva: Pi and the United Nations Special Rapporteur
The roundtable provided an opportunity for taking stock of current experiences of human rights defenders (HRDs), governments and international and regional organizations about how national mechanisms for the protection of HRDs work. The event was attended by officials from several European and Latin American Permanent Missions to the United Nations Office at Geneva, regional organizations, […]
DR Congo: Pascal Kabungulu, 7 Years After…
On July 31st, 2005, Pascal Kabungulu Kibembi, a Congolese human rights defender, Executive Secretary of the NGO “Héritiers de la Justice (Heirs of Justice) was shot dead in Bukavu, at his house and in front of his family, by a group of men wearing military clothes. He had denounced severe human rights violations (such as […]