HRDN Statement – Promoting Human Rights and Democracy in the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Repressive governments are pursuing a backlash against democracy and human rights, diminishing civic space and creating a chilling effect for those working to promote and protect human rights. Civicus Monitor lists 108 countries as Obstructed, Repressed, or Closed and shows a serious downward trend for freedom of assembly, association, and expression. Civil society organizations (CSOs) […]
Drop #LexNGO2018 – We stand in solidarity with civil society in Hungary!
Over 250 organizations and platforms from all over the world have signed a letter expressing their grave concern over the shrinking space for civil society in Hungary: On 13 February 2018, the Hungarian government tabled to Parliament a proposed legislative pack of three laws, commonly referred to as “Stop Soros”. The newly proposed legislation would […]
Press release | A step forward for security and protection of human rights defenders #rethinkingprotection
Brussels, 14 December 2017 – A year before the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on HRDs, Protection International and the Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) of the University of York organised an international roundtable these 12 & 13 December 2017 to reflect collectively on the way security and protection of human rights defenders […]
Upcoming event: Rethinking HRD Protection – International Roundtable | 12 & 13 Dec 2017 | Brussels
Rethinking the protection of Human Rights Defenders: A critical and creative reflection on protection approaches Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on HRDs, Protection International and the Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) of the University of York are hosting an international roundtable on 12 & 13 December 2017 for human rights […]
CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE – Human rights defenders, at the forefront of democracy and development
Protect Defenders, of which PI is part, released a Joint Statement calling on the EU and its Member states to better support human rights defenders. Brussels, November 9th, 2017 – In the past year, the situation of democracy and human rights around the world has continued to deteriorate at an alarming rate. Political and civil […]
Human Rights Defenders Under Attack!
[Article first published by IHD Human Rights Association] Last update: 6 July 2017 On 5 July 2017, police raided an Istanbul Büyükada hotel where a group of human rights defenders had gathered to conduct a training session. As a result, 9 members of some of the leading human rights organizations in Turkey were detained, along with […]
Joint Statement: Human Rights Defenders Are Not Criminals
Brussels, November 29, 2016 – “Human rights defenders worldwide are regularly subjected to harassment and trumped-up criminal charges aiming at paralyzing, intimidating and delegitimizing their human rights activities. They face difficulties carrying out their work in increasingly restrictive legislative and administrative environments denying the right to freedoms of association, expression, and peaceful assembly. Licences of human […]
FOR THOSE WHO DIED TRYING’ PHOTO EXHIBITION OPENS IN GENEVA
Protection International opened the photo exhibition, ‘For those who died trying’ on the Place des Nations in Geneva on Monday, 9 May 2016. The exhibition ran from 9-11 May and presented the photographs of 37 murdered or abducted human rights defenders in Thailand. ‘For those who died trying’ will tour Thailand and various countries in Europe […]
HRDs demand justice for Berta Caceres in front of the Honduran embassy in Brussels
“Today, we say that Berta hasn’t died. The murderers were wrong. She lives.” Bertha Zúñiga A demonstration was held on April 20th in front of the Honduran embassy in Brussels in order to call justice for the murders of world-renowned activist and Goldman Environmental Prize winner Berta Cáceres – leader of Lenca Indigenous group COPINH – and her colleague Nelson Garcia but […]
Honduran Environmental Hrds Visit Brussels
This week two human rights and environmental defenders from COPINH (Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras) will be visiting Brussels. Afterwards, the Indigenous Lenca activists will tour five European countries to demand justice for the murder of their leader Berta Cáceres, call on involved European companies to withdraw indefinitely from the Agua […]