International Women’s Day In November 2021, we asked some of the women human rights defenders working for Protection International (PI) about their experiences, passions, and visions for a better future. Now, to mark International Women’s Day (8 March) and to celebrate the extraordinary work of women we translated our interviews
29 November 2021 Women Human Rights Defender Day Interview with Mae Ocampo On the occasion of International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (29 November) and Human Rights Day (10 December) we asked some of the women human rights defenders working for PI about their experiences, passions and visions for a
Brussels, 3rd November 2021, It is with great pleasure that we inform you of Ms Mae Ocampo joining Protection International AISBL as its new Executive Director. Ms Ocampo brings several key strengths to this role. Ms Ocampo is a feminist woman and human rights defender who began her activism at
February 9, 2021 Hon. Antony Blinken Secretary of State United States of America CC: Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Senator James Risch, Ranking Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Representative; Gregory Meeks, Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs Representative; Michael McCaul, Ranking Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Recent Panay Massacre: Deadly operations through coordinated police and military actions on Indigenous Peoples under Duterte’s regime in the Philippines must stop! We the undersigned organizations across the world condemn the extrajudicial execution of 9 Indigenous leaders and the illegal arrest of 17 additional leaders and members of Tumanduk nga
Brussels, 1 July 2019 In response to the unjust prosecution of 14 land and human rights defenders in Thailand, Protection International, alongside 225 international Civil Society Organisations, has signed the following statement: Available in English and Thai Human Rights Organisations Urge Thai Government to Drop All Charges Against Women Land
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
Pronunciamiento sobre el asesinato de Dilma Ferreira Silva, lideresa del Movimiento de Afectados por Represas de Brasil (MAB) Ante el crimen brutal cometido el 22 de marzo, contra una coordinadora del Movimiento de Afectados por Represas de Brasil, las organizaciones de defensa de los derechos humanos y del ambiente, abajo
Photo Credit: ANTARA/Widodo S. Jusuf / Tempo.co In an open letter to the President of Indonesia, NGOs stand in solidarity to request that the government drop the defamation charges against human rights defender Haris Azhar. Mr. Haris Azhar, Executive Coordinator at KontraS, the Commission for “The Disappeared” and Victims of
PI: Can you tell us a bit about how you have become a woman human rights defender? MJR: Well, I´ve been active in defense of human rights and women´s rights since I was a student. The more I became aware of how gender inequality impacted my personal and professional life,
