[STATEMENT] A DECISIVE MOMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN BURUNDI
17 June 2020 Joint statement After the sudden passing of President Nkurunziza of Burundi, this coming Thursday General Évariste Ndayishimiye will take the oath to become the new President-elect of Burundi. As this swift power transition unfolds, it also offers an opportunity to open a new chapter for the people of Burundi and its civil […]
An Open Letter to the Organizers of the United Nations Virtual Forum on Business and Human Rights: New Challenges. New Approaches, Asia and the Pacific, to be held on June 9 -11, 2020
– the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (UNWG); – the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); – the International Labour Organization (ILO); – the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF); – the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and, – The United Nations Economic and Social Commission […]
[Joint Statement] COVID-19: 14 organizations urge Thai department of corrections to release prisoners
COVID-19: Release prisoners, ensure the health and safety of all those in detention facilities Pol Col Naras Savestanan Director-General, Department of Corrections Suanyai Sub-district, Mueang District Nonthaburi Province Thailand Bangkok, 15 April 2020 Re: Take immediate steps to release prisoners and ensure the health and safety of all those in detention facilities Dear Mr. Naras, […]
The spread of COVID-19 requires urgent and immediate measures to be taken to protect the rights of detainees in Africa
Joint statement – Addressed to the member states of the African Union and international human rights organizations in Africa 24 March 2020 While, in the past 10 days, Europe has become the new epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, which first affected China before spreading to the rest of the world, African countries are preparing to […]
Protection International co-signs a letter to EU Commission’s Vera Jourová on anti-SLAPP legislation
Brussels – 27th January, 2020. Protection International joined 26 other organizations—including Greenpeace and Reporters without Borders —in co-signing a letter to Vera Jourová, Vice-President of the EU Commission, which encourages the adoption of more encompassing anti-SLAPP legislation. At a time when there is no anti-SLAPP legislation in force within any EU member state, it is […]
Oral statement – Human Rights Council Interactive dialogue on Burundi
Item 4 – Interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi 42nd session of the Human Rights Council – 17 September 2019 Thank you, Mr. President, The signatory organizations remain concerned about the serious human rights violations in Burundi. Among other things, the political intolerance that prevails in connection with the 2020 elections should […]
Protection International joins over 100 NGOs in a statement to stop the criminalization of solidarity in Europe
Joint Statement: The EU must stop the criminalization of solidarity with migrants and refugees Brussels, 26.07.2019 – The criminalisation of solidarity in Europe is soaring. Researchers and civil society have identified at least 49 ongoing cases of investigation and criminal prosecution in 11 Member States involving a total of 158 people in a recent study […]
[Open Letter] Protection International adds its name to the Environmental Defenders Declaration for South East Asia
Brussels, 08/01/2019 – In August 2018, Earth Rights Defenders, Not1More (N1M), and Cambodian Youth Network hosted the Forest Defenders Conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with more than 90 defenders and allies in attendance. This conference came together as a response to the closing of political space and the growth of impunity in Southeast Asia. The […]
Defenders in Development: sign the open letter to states and development banks!
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, Protection International and all members of the Defenders in Development Campaign are calling on states and development banks to take action to ensure that their development interventions support the realization of human rights and safeguard defenders. Around the world, as megaprojects […]
[Open Letter] Protection International and other organizations support Escazú Agreement – #Sign4TheEnvironment
06/08/2018 – Protection International and hundreds of civil society organizations support the #Sign4TheEnvironment campaign and call on governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to join The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation, and Access to Justice on Environmental Matters (the Escazú Agreement), the most important treaty in the last 20 years on human […]