Monthly Archives: February, 2021

PBI-Canada encourages MPs to back Binding Treaty on human rights in advance of the next round of negotiations in October

This coming October, the United Nations open-ended intergovernmental working group (OEIGWG) will hold a 7th session to negotiate a third revised draft of a...

PBI-Canada calls on Canada to support human rights defenders at the COP26 summit in November

Photo: Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined with other leaders to sign the Paris Agreement on April...

Could Canada implement a relocation program for human rights defenders as Germany, the Netherlands and Ireland have done?

Colombian human rights defender Victor Hugo Moreno Mina is currently in the Netherlands because of multiple threats against him. For a short PBI-Netherlands video...

PBI-Colombia accompanied CREDHOS meets with groups to strengthen the social mobilization against fracking

On February 3, CRY-GEAM tweeted: “Together with AguaWil, @Credhos_Paz and @ColombiaNoFrack we met with different unions from Puerto Wilches to support and strengthen...

PBI provides physical accompaniments and increases virtual accompaniments as the pandemic continues

On February 2, PBI-Colombia posted on their Instagram page: “During the last year PBI Colombia has adapted the way we accompany within the restrictions...

PBI-Mexico monitors the trial for the murder of Indigenous Rarámuri land defenders Julián Carrillo Martinez and Victor Carrillo

On February 2, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted: “Today at 9:30 hrs., in Parral, Chihuahua, the trial will be opened against one of...

PBI-Honduras accompanies CEHPRODEC to courthouse along with environmental defender Betty Vásquez

On February 2, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on their Facebook page: “Last week we accompanied CEHPRODEC to the Santa Barbara Palace of...

Feminist Foreign Policy Working Group report presents recommendations on human rights defenders

On February 2, the Feminist Foreign Policy Working Group released Be Brave, Be Bold: Recommendations for Canada’s feminist foreign policy. We have taken note of...

PBI-Mexico accompanied Educa Oaxaca raises concerns about the impacts of Fortuna Silver mine on communities

Photo: During a PBI organized advocacy tour in Canada in November 2018, Neftalí Reyes Méndez (Educa Oaxaca) and Salvador Martínez Arellanes (an Indigenous leader...
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