October 2025

PBI-Colombia accompanies Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation as it honours Yanette Bautista, launches network and campaign on Law 2364

The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has posted on social media: “We accompany @fundacionnydiaerikabautista [the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation – FNEB] on National Women Searchers Day, in an act of recognition for those who have contributed tirelessly to uncovering the truth in Colombia. We celebrate the strength of sisterhood among women Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

Alternative Federal Budget 2026 notes importance of Canada supporting human rights defenders

Photo: Finance minister François-Philippe Champagne will table the next federal budget on November 4, 2025. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has just released its Alternative federal budget 2026. PBI-Canada notes the inclusion of human rights defenders in this AFB. In the AFB chapter on International cooperation notes: “Demonstrating Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Canada notes language on trade unions and workers in UN talks on a Binding Treaty on business and human rights

Photo: United Nations Headquarters, Geneva. Photo by John Samuel. The United Nations Human Rights Council open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG) held its 11th negotiation session on a Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights from October 20 to Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

Union activists continue to face death threats and physical attacks in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico

Photo: On April 28, 2025, PBI-Colombia accompanied Nomadesc at a commemorations of the National Strike of 2021 and the demand for a Truth Commission to address the 75 murders and 3,000 cases of physical violence. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Global Rights Index 2025 reports: “Trade unionists paid the Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Canada attentive as Mesoamerican Caravan learns about the Canadian Aura Minerals “Era Dorada” mine in Jutiapa, Guatemala

Photo: “With the celebration of a mass with the Franciscan brothers of Asunción Mita Jutiapa concluded the Guatemala chapter of the Mesoamerican Caravan, with the route to El Salvador.” Photo by AGIMS Asociación Grupo Integral de Mujeres Sanjuaneras. The Assembly of the Indigenous Peoples of the Isthmus in Defense of Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Honduras visits National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) community of 17 de Junio whose members are being criminalized for land “usurpation”

The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project has posted on social media: “Yesterday [October 23, 2025], we made a visit to the peasant base June 17 of the National Central of Field Workers – CNTC Progreso. On the same day, the judiciary in Villanueva (Cortés) canceled for the third time the initial Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Canada congratulates the Amazon Pearl Campesina Reserve Zone on the 25th anniversary of its formation

Photo: Jani Silva receives a copy of the Global Witness “Roots of Resistance” report (that feature an article by Silva on pages 54 to 63) from Javier Garate (Senior US Policy Advisor – Land and Environmental Defenders at Global Witness; and member of the Peace Brigades International-Canada Board of Directors) Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Colombia accompanies the Justice and Peace Commission as armed conflict confines communities in Bajo Calima

On October 19, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted on social media: “Last week, together with @justiciapazcolombia [the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission] and the Ombudsman’s Office, we visited the communities of Bajo Calima (Colonias, San Isidro, Nueva Esperanza, Ceibitos, La Trojita, Guadual, and the Santa Rosa de Guayacán biodiverse Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Canada follows the UN talks on a Binding Treaty on business and human rights in Geneva, October 20-24

Photo from Rima Hassan. Dismantle Corporate Power notes that on October 19: “The day prior to the negotiations … activists and movements denounced the role of corporations like Chevron, BP, Microsoft, Amazon and Glencore in sustaining Israel’s occupation and genocide against the Palestinian people.” The United Nations Human Rights Council Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago