Protection International

📢 PI is proud to launch its #GlobalStrategy Framework 2024-2028! 🎯 We envision a future where the work of HRDs & their collectives is enabled and supported by state and non-state actors, at multiple levels. 🌍🛡️ Read the full Strategy 👉 protectioninternational.org/global-strategy

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📣 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐨 📣 Leocadio Juracán, líder indígena campesino, defensor de la tierra y líder del @ccdaoficialgt se unirá al lanzamiento global de nuestra última publicación. Únete el jueves 26/marzo 👉protectioninternational.org/news/lanzamien…

📣 Only one week left to our global launch! Register to join this essential discussion 👇 lnkd.in/dCw924j7 #Environmental #HRDs #Research #EnablingEnvironment

📣 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 - 𝐍𝐮𝐞𝐯𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨́𝐧 📣 📕 Te invitamos al lanzamiento global de nuestra última publicación: Un enfoque crítico sobre la protección de las personas defensoras de los derechos humanos ambientales. protectioninternational.org/news/lanzamien…

📣 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 - 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 📣 📕 We invite you to the global launch of our latest publication: A Critical Approach to the Protection of Environmental Human Rights Defenders. Register 👇protectioninternational.org/news/online-la… @MaryLawlorhrds @JamesWakibia

#DRC: UN experts warn of extreme M23 violence targeting human rights defenders, citing attempted killings, repeated kidnappings, torture, sexual violence and death threats. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

Communiqué de presse: Les défenseurs des droits humains dans l’est de la #RDC font face à des violences extrêmes aux mains du M23: tentatives d’assassinat, enlèvements, tortures, violences sexuelles... Plusieurs expert·e·s de l’ONU et moi-même tirons la sonnette d’alarme. @RDC_Minafet srdefenders.org/rdc-des-expert… [FR/EN]

Le 19-20 février, PI a participé à Kinshasa à la révision de la loi RDC sur les #DDH. Nous insistons pour amender la loi, incluant la protection des DDH #environnementaux. Nous remercions @acedhrdc pour l'organisation, et nous nous engageons à collaborer à l'avenir !

Today at 14:30 CET, I will present my final report to the @UN_HRC, bringing forward the voices of HRDs at a time of growing attacks on human rights & the international system meant to protect them. 📑 Full report available here: docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/61/40 📺 Follow my remarks live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k14/k… #HRC61

On 2 March, I will discuss the findings of my new report & hear directly from HRDs about the support that’s most necessary & effective at a #HRC61 side event. 🗓️ Monday 2 March 🕑 14:00-15:00 CET 📍 Palais des Nations, Geneva ▶️ The event will be live-streamed on YouTube: youtube.com/live/-SD5Sr35I…

#Colombia – José Albino Cañas Ramírez, a territorial #defender from the community of Portachuelo was shot dead at his home on 16 February. He was an #Indigenous authority of the Cañamomo Lomaprieta Indigenous Reserve, a ZTI Steering Group member. Read the press release & demands

🇹🇭Ahead of #Thailand's election on Sunday, PI facilitated a coordination space for 300+ #HRDs, #CivilSociety and political parties to define demands for a new, rights-centered #Constitution. 👇Read about our feminist, movement-led approach protectioninternational.org/news/not-consu… @BeePranom

⭐ First post of 2026 ⭐ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭? Interview with @EscazuAhora 👇 protectioninternational.org/news/interview…

⭐ Primer post de 2026 ⭐ ¿𝗣𝗼𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝐞́ 𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗹𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗰𝗶𝐨́𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲? Entrevista con @EscazuAhora 👇 protectioninternational.org/news/entrevist…

🕯️As we wrap up 2025, we share our deepest thanks to those who have joined this year’s journey in protecting the #RighttoDefend #HumanRights. 🧡Here's to a 2026 of deeper engagements with #HRDs, building #EnablingEnvironments and a better future through #solidarity.

5/ Such prizes are an important celebration of the #Right2Defend #HumanRights, yet are a reminder of our collective duty to protect civic space and those who drive positive change 👉 #HumanRightsDefenders

4/ @MMGosiewska On laureate Andrzej Poczobut "Hope springs eternal. We believe that he will be freed, that this Prize will mean something. It’s only down to pressure from the international community that we have any grounds for hope that he may be freed one day"

1/ Today we attended the @Europarl_en #SakharovPrize. This annual prize shows how the right to defend #HumanRights takes on many forms... 🧵