Redefining the Risk Approach

Redefining the Risk Approach

Designing and implementing a human rights defender-centric approach to protection We are proud to publish “Redefining the Risk Approach”, a publication about the Risk Analysis and Protection Plan Principles, otherwise known as the “Risk Approach Recommendations”. The Risk Analysis and Protection Plan Principles are 21 concrete statements, which outline the most essential and foundational concepts […]

2020 Focus Stories

A lot can change in a year, and 2020 has been unprecedented for Protection International— both in terms of challenges and innovation. The sudden outburst of COVID-19 has had a direct impact on all parts of society, as well as on our personal lives. It has not only added onto the usual struggles within our […]

15 Years of the Risk Approach for Protection: Evaluating Successes and Shortcomings

Experts gather in online consultation to assess the effectiveness of this method and produce a set of minimum standards for the protection of HRDs In 2005, researchers from Protection International first conceptualized the idea of applying the risk approach for women and men human rights defenders (HRDs) and, subsequently, elaborated the first Manual on this […]

Taking Care of Us – A Guide for the Collective Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Rural Areas (2020)

Protection International presents the third edition of the publication “Taking Care of Us”, a methodology developed by our team at Protection International Mesoamerica. This publication presents our experience and lessons learned working with human rights defenders in the Mesoamerican region since 2007. This latest publication aims to illustrate our work accompanying groups that defend human […]

Public Development Banks (PDB) must deliver on the world we want

As the world faces the deepest global health, social, and economic crises in a century, intertwined with the growing destruction of biodiversity, the worsening impacts of the climate crisis, increasing and intersecting inequalities, and threats to fundamental rights, we, the undersigned civil society organizations, call on Public Development Banks (PDBs)  to devote their considerable financial […]

Protection International joins over 200 organizations urging development banks to prioritize human rights in the global finance summit – Finance in Common

3 September 2020, In a letter addressed to the French Development Agency, over 200 organizations around the world are calling for the principles of a human rights-based and community-led development to be included and prioritized both in the agenda and the outcomes of the Finance in Common Summit, a high-level gathering of all Public Development […]

Annual Report 2019

We are pleased to share with Protection International‘s 2019 Annual Report, a publication which brings together our stories and highlights with women and men human rights defenders (W/HRDs) who protect the Right to Defend Human Rights (RDHR) across the globe. 2019 was a year in which the world witnessed a rise in extremist politics, exacerbated […]