Agradecimiento a Michel Forst por su trabajo a favor de las personas y comunidades que defienden los derechos humanos
Protection International se une con 68 organizaciones y 47 personas defensoras de los derechos humanos en agradecer a Michel Forst por su trabajo a favor de las personas y comunidades que defienden los derechos humanos. Lea el texto original de la carta de Agradecimiento a Michel Forst por su trabajo a favor de las personas […]
2019 in a Nutshell: Protection International Releases its Focus Stories
How to summarise a year spent day by day next to those promoting and protecting human rights? Our Focus Stories, formerly Top Impact stories, showcase some emblematic examples of how slowly but steadily we are taking incremental steps towards greater respect for the right to defend human rights. Within this short leaflet, we’ve highlighted just […]
Annual Report 2018
Protection International is pleased to share its 2018 Annual Report, one which highlights some remarkable moments from a challenging year for human rights defenders (HRDs) and protection of the right for all to defend human rights. 2018 was a year of both celebration and struggle for Protection International and its partners. During this year, which […]
Protection International launches its 2018 Annual Report
Protection International is pleased to share its 2018 Annual Report, one which highlights some remarkable moments from a challenging year for human rights defenders (HRDs) and the protection of the right for all to defend human rights. 2018 was a year of both celebration and struggle for Protection International and its partners. During this year, […]
Protection International launches its 2019 – 2023 Global Strategy
Protection International’s 2019 – 2023 Global Strategy In recent years, we have witnessed a rise in powerful revisionist agendas on international human rights standards and a growth in inequality, discrimination, and a legitimization of oppression against minorities. State authorities are failing in their obligation to protect those who are targeted by powerful non-state actors, which […]
Protection International lanza su Estrategia global 2019 – 2023
La Estrategia global 2019 – 2023 de Protection International es nuestra respuesta a un escenario cambiante para las personas defensoras de derechos humanos. En los últimos años, hemos sido testigos del surgimiento de poderosos programas revisionistas sobre los estándares de derechos humanos internacionales, y de un aumento de la desigualdad, la discriminación y la legitimación […]
49 organizations condemn attacks and threats against Afro-Colombian and indigenous leaders
International statement condemning attacks and threats against Afro-Colombian and indigenous leaders Brussels, 13 May 2019, The European organizations and networks who have signed this statement reject the murder attempt against leaders from Afro-Colombian collectives from the Cauca department ACONC, PCN, and ASOM and threats against the indigenous women’s organization Wayúu Women’s Strength (Fuerza de Mujeres […]
[Comunicado] 49 organizaciones condenan los ataques y las amenazas contra lideresas y líderes afrocolombianos e indígenas
Comunicado internacional de condena por ataques y amenazas contra lideresas y líderes afrocolombianos e indígenas. Bruselas, 13 de mayo de 2019 Las organizaciones y redes europeas e internacionales abajo firmantes condenamos el atentado frustrado contra los líderes y las lideresas de los colectivos afrocolombianos del Cauca ACONC, PCN y ASOM y las […]
Collective Protection of Human Rights Defenders | A collective approach to the right to defend human rights
Collective Protection of Human Rights Defenders | A collective approach to the right to defend human rights aims to contribute to a shift in current prevailing narratives on the collective protection of human rights defenders. In a context where much attention is currently focused on the indispensable work carried out by communities of human rights […]
Protection International’s Open Letter in Support to UNSR Michel Forst’s World Report on HRDs.
On the need for United Nations bodies such as the OHCHR to show support and provide visibility to UNSR Forst’s latest report on the situation of human rights defenders across 140 countries. 21/12/2018 Protection International applauds the recent publication of The World Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, the first global survey of […]