HONDURAS: LGBT COMMUNITY AT HIGH RISK
PBI is deeply concerned about the deteriorating security situation for the LGBT organization Arcoiris, which has seen 6 of their members murdered since June of last year, including Paola Barraza, a member of Arcoiris' group of...
Lawyers in Honduras – A High Risk Profession
Today, PBI-USA joins with our partners around the globe in recognizing the Day of the Endangered Lawyer. The first ever Day of the Endangered Lawyer was organized in 2010 by a group of lawyers in Europe as an effort to call attention to threatened human rights lawyers with special attention given to one designated country each year. In 2016, that country is Honduras.
The long and winding road to peace in Colombia
How is peace achieved? How can you help make space for the peacemakers?
PBI celebrates Human Rights Day 2015 with launch of innovative Women Human Rights Defenders protection tools
In celebration of Human Rights Day, PBI is pleased to share an innovative new set of tools for Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs). These tools were developed over the course of a three-year EU project which aims to help Mexican WHRDs strengthen their capacities in areas crucial to their work, and later trialled with WHRDs in other countries with a view to adapting them to different political and cultural contexts for use by WHRDs worldwide.
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) urges the State of Guatemala to stop criminalization of social protest
Geneva, Switzerland November 17, 2015
Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN) Launch Stand 4 Human Rights Defenders Campaign
On November 12, 2015, the Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN) launched a year-long campaign: Stand 4 Human Rights Defenders. HRDN is an informal group of 48 NGOs, including Peace Brigades International, operating at the EU level in the areas of human rights, democracy and peace building.