Yearly Archives: 2021

PBI-Canada asks: “How is the G7 summit responding to the threat of climate change to human rights?”

Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP. Speaking to the United Nations Human Rights Council about the impacts of climate change, High Commissioner for Human Rights...

PBI-Mexico highlights Inter-American Court of Human Rights hearing for the Raramuri community in Choréachi, Chihuahua

Isela Gonzalez addresses the court. On June 11, PBI-Mexico posted: “The public hearing has already begun before Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The Raramuri Community...

PBI-Mexico seeking international observers, the deadline to apply is June 21

On June 2, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project tweeted: “We are looking for members for our team in the field!! Next week of training...

Help PBI-Canada continue our work with a donation!

160+ people registered for our most recent webinar featuring Colombian human rights defenders facilitated by PBI-Canada Board member Ailish Morgan-Welden. This past year we have...

250 water protectors arrested in protest against Canadian-owned pipeline being built on Indigenous territories in Minnesota

Photo by Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters. Nearly 250 people were arrested in Minnesota on Monday June 7 protesting against a Canadian-owned tar sands pipeline being built on...

PBI-Colombia present as IACHR conducts visit to the Portal de la Resistencia in Bogota to hear from demonstrators

On June 11, PBI-Colombia tweeted: "Last night the CIDH was in the Portal Resistencia hearing directly from youth initiatives and human rights organizations including...

Human Rights Watch denounces systemic police abuse in Colombia, questions remain about Canada’s “bilateral police initiative”

Photo: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alongside then-Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in Ottawa when the bilateral police initiative was announced, October 2017. On June 9,...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies BDH lawyers as Judge decides on pre-trial detention measures for six ex-military officers

On June 10, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “PBI accompanies the lawyers of the Human Rights Law Firm (Bufete Jurídico de Derechos Humanos)...

PBI-Honduras accompanies CEHPRODEC legal team at trial of 5 Indigenous leaders criminalized for defending their territory

On June 10, PBI-Honduras posted: “Today CEHPRODEC accompanies the conclusion of the oral and public trial in the case of the Indigenous Council of...

PBI-Colombia meets with organizations defending human rights in the context of the IACHR working visit

On June 10, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project tweeted: “In the framework of the visit of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR-CIDH) in...
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