[Statement] 105 organizations from 25 countries co-sign statement on the assassination of Brazilian human rights defender Dilma Ferreira Silva
Statement on the Assassination of Dilma Ferreira Silva, leader of Brazil’s Movement of Dam-Affected Peoples (MAB) In the face of the brutal crime committed on March 22nd against a coordinator of the Movement of Dam-Affected Peoples in Brazil, the undersigned human rights and environmental organizations call on Brazilian authorities and multilateral organizations to ensure that […]
[Guatemala] Statement on the Consultation Process and Threats against Xinka Human Rights Defenders
Guatemala, 28 March de 2019 The below-signed international organizations express our grave concern regarding the consultation process with Xinka authorities and communities. During the last few months, representatives of the Xinka People have denounced, despite the Constitutional Court resolution 4785-2017, that they have not been allowed to fully participate in the process of defining the […]
The risks of defenders of the right to land and territory in the post-peace agreement scenario in Colombia
The risks of defenders of the right to land and territory in the post-peace agreement scenario in Colombia – a view from the region is a joint publication by Protection International and Pensamiento y Acción Social (PAS) that throws light on the reality for land rights defenders in a post-peace agreement Colombia, as well as […]
Stigmatisation and Criminalisation of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala | Criminalisation Series #3
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, Protection International (PI) today launches the fourth publication of its Criminalisation Series, Stigmatisation and Criminalisation of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala in the context of mega-hydroelectric projects. Although the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders remains a fundamental tool for […]
Stigmatisation and Criminalisation of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala | Criminalisation Series #4
7/12/2018 – On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, Protection International (PI) today launches the fourth publication of its Criminalisation Series, Stigmatisation and Criminalisation of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala in the context of mega-hydroelectric projects. Although the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders remains a fundamental […]
UN Rapporteur, Michel Forst, meets with Protection International, PAS, and CocoCauca COCOCAUCA in Colombia
6/12/2018 – UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, met with representatives of Protection International, Pensamiento y Acción Social (PAS), and grassroots organization COCOCAUCA in Popayán, Cauca region, Colombia. They discussed the threats facing numerous communities across the West and South West of Colombia, including the Cauca, Bolívar, and Magdalena […]
Protection International and other international NGOs issue stark warning to Bolsonaro on climate change & #HumanRights
30/10/2018 – The policies proposed by Brazil’s new President, Jair Bolsonaro, threaten a human rights and environmental catastrophe with global implications. Brazil is already the deadliest country in the world in which to defend your land, with at least 57 people murdered last year, 25 of them in three massacres. Eighty per cent of these died […]
#ForThoseWhoDiedTrying & #ColombiaSomosComoTu – Protection International presents two exhibitions at the #HRDWorldSummit 2018
01/11/2018 – Protection International presented two exhibitions at the Human Rights Defenders World Summit 2018 in Paris (29-31 October 2018). Two different projects, from two different continents, but both advocating for peace, justice, and the right to defend human rights. WE’RE LIKE YOU The invisible fighting for land and life We’re Like You is an artistic project […]
Thai WHRDs honored at the Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida, USA! #SidebySide
19/10/2018 – The photo project Side by Side – WHRDs 2018 featuring 20 women human rights defenders in Thailand by Luke Duggleby – British Bangkok-based global award-winning photographer- and Protection International, cross the ocean for the first time as part of the Southeast X Southeast exhibition. It is open to the public until 27th October at the Southeast Museum […]
PI participates in the International Seminar on Human Rights in Paraguay
03-04/10/2018 – Protection International, together with many other organizations working with human rights defenders, is participating in the III International Seminar in Paraguay “Mecanismos de protección para defensoras y defensores de derechos humanos: entre el compromiso y el riesgo” (“Protection mechanisms for human rights defenders: between commitment and risks”) from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. […]