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)
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.
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?
Situation in Guerrero:
PBI expresses profound concern for the security of the Tlachinollan Human Rights Center, accompanied by PBI since 2003, and for the Guerrero Network of Civil Society Organizations and the Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon Regional Human Rights Center, all of which accompany students from the “Raul Isidro Burgos” Rural Teachers School of Ayotzinapa and families of the 43 students who disappeared on the nights of September 26-27, 2014.
Mexico City, November 6, 2014
Baroness Catherine Ashton
High Representative of the European Union
for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Ms Federica Mogherini
Designated High Representative of the European
Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Baroness Catherine Ashton
High Representative of the European Union
for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Ms Federica Mogherini
Designated High Representative of the European
Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
PBI expresses profound concern over the events of the 26-27 of september in Iguala, Guerrero in which 6 people were killed, 20 injured and 55 more have disappeared. We are also concerned for the physical and psychological wellbeing of the students, their families and the members of human rights organizations that are supporting them, among them the Tlachinollan Human Rights Center, accompanied by PBI in Guerrero since 2001.
Mexico City, September 18th 2014 – The Mexico Project is looking for new volunteers for the 2015 selection process. Applications will be accepted until November 30, 2014. The Training will take place 21-29 March 2015. Please contact the Training Committee to send in your application or with any questions. Find out more here.
Thank you for your interest!
