• 21 January 2020
    PBI-USA is hiring! Apply by Feb. 15th!
    Peace Brigades International-USA seeks a Director of Grassroots Fundraising and Communications to strategically engage current and potential supporters, and to amplify PBI’s work to defend human rights. The Director of Grassroots Fundraising and Communications is responsible for implementing a communications strategy with a view toward engaging donors and prospective donors; and reaching out to networks within and beyond the human rights sphere to raise awareness of PBI’s work in Washington, D.C. and abroad.
  • 15 January 2020
    2020: A year where solidarity will be key
    2019 saw the growth of social movements across the world; from environmentalists to feminists, people from different countries, different ages and different worldviews who made the decision to actively engage, make their voices heard, and participate in the construction of dynamic democracies that uphold human rights.
  • 10 December 2019
    Celebrating Human Rights Day
    “They were heaven sent. They always seemed to be there at the right time.” - Tita Dadilla, Mexican human rights defender, on PBI volunteers In celebration of International Human Rights Day, we are proud to announce the release of ‘The Defenders’, a short film by Manu Valcarce exploring the experience of being a human rights defender in countries where the rule of law is fragile.
  • 1 December 2019
    Human Rights Defenders at the Center
    This December, and continuously, PBI puts human rights defenders at the center, in the position they deserve given the fundamental role they play in the protection of human rights and the construction of fair and peaceful societies.Human rights defenders continue to provide voices for the voiceless, pushing for social justice. They often risk their lives to stand up for what they believe in, holding states to account and pushing for human rights to be respected, protected and fulfilled.
  • 20 September 2019
    To avoid climate breakdown, we must protect those who protect the environment
    Today, September 20, 2019, the environment takes center stage as people across the world join in a Global Climate Strike, urging governments and the private sector to take concrete action in order to avoid further deterioration of our climate and the manifold human rights impacts that this would imply.
  • 4 September 2019
    PBI turns 38
    38 years ago, on September 4, 1981, the international human rights organization Peace Brigades International was founded.
  • 21 May 2019
    Just Released! PBI 2018 Annual Report
    In 2018, 441 volunteers provided support to 13 PBI country groups, including PBI-USA, 7 projects and our International Office located in Brussels. 84 international volunteers provided protection to 1334 threatened human rights defenders in countries where PBI has a presence. Click the link below to read about the work of PBI as well as the brave human rights defenders we accompany in our 2018 annual report.
  • 20 May 2019
    Call for Peace and Human Rights in Colombia
    On April 16th, the U.N. Security Council warned that “the Colombian peace process stands today at a critical juncture.” In his remarks before the Security Council, U.S.
  • 19 May 2019
    PBI Guatemala Reports Deteriorating Human Rights Conditions
    March 19, 2019
  • 7 May 2019
    Mexico: A Deteriorating Situation for Human Rights Defenders
    In the first four months of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s term, which began on December 1, 2018, at least seventeen human rights defenders and journalists were murdered, an increase over last year’s rate. If killings continue at this rate, fifty-two defenders and journalists will be dead by the end of 2019. Click here to read more

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