Presentation: Women Crossing the Line: Women Defenders in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala
As part of our activities for JASS Mesoamerica's 16 days of activism campaign we are presenting a series of mini-documentaries produced by the Nobel Women's Initiative (NWI) Women Crossing the Line: Women Defenders in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala in coordination with allied organizations in the region.
Event: "Improving Protection and Ensuring Participation of Land and Environment Defenders in All Business Initiatives and Discussions"
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
a joint programme of
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
in partnership with
CIDSE, Franciscans International, Peace Brigades International (PBI)
PBI commemorates one year of permanent presence in the North with a dialogue between representatives of the Diplomatic Corps and Human Rights Defenders
Chihuahua City, Mexico – On November 6, Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project (PBI Mexico) facilitated a meeting between five European embassies in Mexico and representatives from civil society organizations from the states of Chihuahua and Coahuila. The objective of the meeting was to publicize the risk situation that HRDs continue to face and the state of human rights in the north of Mexico.
Looking out for Human Rights Defenders: PBI Interview with Michel Forst, new Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders for the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)
Paris, 2 July, 2014.
PBI: You have recently taken up the post of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders (June, 2014). Have you identified priorities (geographic or thematic) for the next few months? Have you scheduled any field visits?