"By aligning itself with human rights defenders for the long haul, PBI's emphasis is squarely on relationships rather than log frames, harking back to an era in the history of NGOs when solidarity was more important than annual reports."
During a recent interview for a radio programme, I was asked what I thought the future international NGO would look like. NGOs are so diverse in objectives and strategy that the question is a bit broad to answer sensibly, but, on reflection, the kind of NGO I would like to be a part of in 10 years' time would look a lot like Peace Brigades International (PBI), whose conference on defending environment and land rights took place in London on Monday.
US Office on Colombia and WOLA
On October 1 2010 the Inter-American Court of Human Rights informed the Mexican state of its sentences in the cases of Inés Fernández Ortega and Valentina Rosendo Cantú. Both verdicts stated that in 2002 the indigenous Me´phaa women had been raped and tortured by members of the army in the state of Guerrero, Mexico.
PRESS RELEASE
N° 105/11
IACHR WRAPS UP VISIT TO MEXICO
Mexico City, September 30, 2001—The Office of the Rapporteur for Mexico of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) carried out a working visit to Mexico September 26-30, 2011. The delegation was made up of the IACHR Rapporteur for Mexico, Commissioner Rodrigo Escobar Gil; the coordinator of the Mesoamerican Region, Isabel Madariaga; and human rights specialist Fiorella Melzi.
