Collective Protection Networks for Remote Rural Communities: A Case Study of the Role of Social Networks in Protecting Rural Communities in Latin America
Working Paper No. 11 Protection International, May 2021 The Human Rights Defender Hub Working Papers Series This Working Paper Series aims to make research related to HRDs freely accessible and to promote further discussion and research. The papers in this series present recent research findings, highlight under-explored issues, and set out theoretical or methodological approaches […]
Colombia: 650 Civil Society Organizations Call for Exhaustive Investigations of Repression of Protests and Call on the IACHR to Act
Colombia, 7 May 2021 The undersigned organizations condemn the excessive use of force by agents of the Colombian security forces in response to the protests that began on April 28 across the country. We call on Colombia to immediately cease the arbitrary and excessive use of force to avoid additional human rights violations against the […]
[Thailand] Protection International Jointly Submitted a Contribution to the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Human Rights in Thailand
On 25 March 2021, Protection International, together with ENLAWTHAI Foundation (EnLAW), Community Resource Centre Foundation (CRC), and Campaign for Public Policy in Mineral Resources (PPM) submitted a contribution to Thailand’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a human rights mechanism through which, the Human Rights Council (HRC) reviews, on a periodic […]
DR Congo: Women Human Rights Defenders Create a Protection Network
With Protection International’s support, women human rights defenders unite to form a network and strengthen their protection. On 12 March 2021, 44 women human rights defenders (WHRDs) who operate in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), a region shaken by conflict and violence from armed forces, created a network to join their efforts […]
Research Reveals Systematic Patterns in the Murder of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia
[31 March 2021] The Interchurch Commission for Justice and Peace, the organizations Fundación Forjando Futuros and Somos Defensores, the Institute of Studies for Development and Peace (Indepaz), and the Colombian Commission of Jurists—with the support of Protection International, OXFAM and DIAKONIA—presented the preliminary finding of research that points to the existence of systematic patterns in […]
WHRDs’ Important Role Promoted Through a Video Contest and Documentary Films Screening
Commemorating International Women’s Day Towards Justice Through Gender Equality and Awareness [Jakarta] 19 March 2021 – International Women’s Day, commemorated internationally every year on 8 March, is a tradition started in 1908 when more than 15.000 women marched to demand shorter working hours, good wages, and voting rights in New York.1 On the occasion of […]
Women Human Rights Defenders in DR Congo Create a Protection Network
With Protection International’s support, women human rights defenders unite to form a network and strengthen their protection On 12 March 2021, 44 women human rights defenders (WHRDs) who operate in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), a region shaken by conflict and violence from armed forces, created a network to join their efforts […]
Protection International Launches Updated E-Learning Programme
More information on the new edition of the E-Learning Programme “Security and Protection Management for Human Rights Defenders and Social Organisations” can be found here. Brussels [17 March 2021] – A newly re-vamped version of Protection International’s online course “Security and Protection Management for Human Rights Defenders and Social Organisations” will be launched in May […]
Risk Diagnostic of the Situation of Indigenous Human Rights Defenders in Vichada, Colombia
On 4 March, Protection International Colombia joined together with the Corporación Claretiana Norman Pérez Bello, the communities of the El Trompillo Settlement, and the indigenous Resguardos of La Llanura and La Pascua in the municipality of La Primavera to present a risk diagnostic named “Canaleteando juntos y juntas la defensa de lo nuestro: a look […]
From Colombia to DR Congo: Comparing Public Policies for the Protection of Defenders
Human rights defenders from Latin America and Africa share experiences related to public policies meant for their protection On 21 January 2021, 44 human rights defenders met – virtually from their homes – to share their experiences about their country’s public protection policies. Participants included defenders from Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Honduras, Mexico, and the Democratic […]