Joint NGO Letter in support of UN Resolution on Human Rights Defenders
New regional report highlights risks for land rights defenders working on business violations in Americas; Commission President calls situation ‘a total disgrace’
Peace Brigades International is a member of the coalition that contributed to the hearing and accompanying report.
PBI Joint Statement: Human Rights Defenders Working on Land & Environmental Issues Recommendations for States and Multilateral Bodies
Looking out for Human Rights Defenders: PBI Interview with Michel Forst, new Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders for the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)
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Operation Dragon: “A case of alarming and shameless impunity,” says lawyer Jorge Molano
UPDATE: On January 22, a court conviced three retired members of the military in connection with Operation Dragon. Learn more in our more recent article here.
In his 25 years as a human rights lawyer, Jorge Molano has represented victims in many emblematic cases such as the Palace of Justice where Coronel Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega was convicted after appeal for the crime of aggravated forced disappearance
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