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Guatemala Human Rights Group Wins 2018 Front Line Defenders Award for the Americas

For the first time in its 13-year history, the Front Line Defenders Award human rights defenders at risk was given to activists from five countries   #communitiesareHRDs Protection International celebrates that the Peaceful Resistance of the Microregion of Ixquisis has received the award, which is a recognition of the collective nature of the defense of […]

Protection International pays tribute to all women human rights defenders

To mark International Women’s Rights Day, Protection International pays tribute to all women around the world fighting to defend their rights and the rights of their communities to achieve a more just and more sustainable future for all. Struggling to defend their culture, their identity, their territory, their livelihoods, organised within grassroots organisations, social movements or trade […]

Guatemala – Attacks Against Guatemalan Human Rights Defenders Denounced

• Communities and organizations appealed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, urging the State of Guatemala, private businesses, and investors to guarantee the human rights of people and communities affected by large hydroelectric projects. • They presented a report, outlining 10 different cases, which documents 273 incidents of threats, criminalization, and attacks against defenders, […]

GUATEMALA: European Parliament (EP) mobilises for HRDs

Worrying statistics for human rights defenders (HRDs) in Guatemala have led the European Parliament to approve an urgent resolution on the situation of HRDs in Guatemala during its plenary session on 16 February in Strasbourg. Between January and November 2016, 223 assaults were registered against HDRs as well as 14 killings and 7 attempted murders. […]

PI’S EXPERTISE AND COUNSELLING IN THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM

PI in Honduras In January 2013, PI provided expert technical advice to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the “Carlos Antonio Luna López vs. Honduras” case sent to the Court by CEJIL. In its October 2013 ruling, the Court adopted PI’s conclusions on the baseline standards necessary to establish a comprehensive public policy for the protection of HRDs in the country. Read the […]

Regional Meeting of Protection Desks Guatemala & Colombia

The Protection Desks (PDs) are part of the overall strategy of Protection International (PI) to protect human rights defenders in the world. Working closely with local defenders and their organisations, PDs are designed to provide training and capacity-building on security issues, promote public policies for their protection, and conduct research on related topics. On 5-9 August 2013, […]