Yearly Archives: 2024

PBI-Kenya expresses concern about the abduction of four Turkish asylum seekers and their forcible return to Turkey

Photo from Velev news. This statement from the Police Reforms Working Group says: “The principle of non-refoulement is a cornerstone of refugee protection. It has...

Can the UN COP16 conference in Colombia help save the lives of frontline environmental defenders?

Webinar speakers: Michel Forst, Yannick Wild, Berenice Celeita, Javier Garate. In his opening message today to the United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference in Colombia, UN...

PBI-Mexico condemns the murder of Indigenous Maya Tzotzil Padre Marcelo Pérez Pérez

PBI-Mexico has posted: “We are deeply shocked by the murder of Father Marcelo. We condemn his murder, call for a thorough investigation into this crime, and...

PBI-Canada remembers Digna Ochoa, the human rights lawyer murdered 23 years ago in Mexico

In its 2001 annual review, Peace Brigades International noted: “The situation of human rights defenders worsened significantly after the 19 October assassination of internationally...

UN human rights representative Juliette De Rivero says COP16 is “an opportunity to improve the protection of environmental defenders”

Video: Juliette De Rivero presents the main concerns about the situation of environmental defenders in Colombia ahead of COP16. The Spanish news agency EFE reports:...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) at #IxilGenocide trial

On October 16, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today #PBI accompanies the Board of Directors of the Association for Justice and Reconciliation -AJR- to the continuation of the...

PBI-Colombia accompanies Justice and Peace Commission at “Skateboard Bridge” youth gathering

PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “We accompanied the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission (CIJP) in the ‘Meeting of Art, Sport, Peacebuilding, Territory and Youth’ in...

PBI-Honduras observes CMDBCPT press conference that demands justice for murdered Guapinol River defender Juan López

PBI-Honduras has posted: “Today , we observed the press conference of Guapinol Despierta in front of the Organized Crime, Environment and Corruption Court in...

Agnès Callamard: COP16 should discuss legal protections for environmental rights defenders and land protectors

Photo: Agnès Callamard In advance of the COP16 Biodiversity conference that will take place this coming October 21 to November 1 in Cali, Colombia, Agnès...

Peace Brigades International co-hosts Women Human Rights Advocacy Week in Geneva, September 16-21

Photo: María Eugenia Gabriel Ruiz of the Human Rights Solidarity Network (Red Solidaria DH) meets with UN Special Rapporteur Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, September 18, 2024. The...
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