PBI has accompanied human rights defenders who have been attacked or who are under threat over the last 30 years across a variety of countries. We respond to petitions for help made by people and civil society organisations who request international accompaniment whilst carrying out non-violent work in promoting and defending human rights, particularly when those human rights have been violated or when they are under threat.

Washington, DC., 4 April 2011 – During its final period of sessions, which ends today, the IACHR announced the creation of a Rapporteurship on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders. The Rapporteur will be Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, from Mexico.

PEACE BRIGADES INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATES IN HEARING BEFORE THE IACHR ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN LATIN AMERICA

Along with more than 20 organisations, PBI proposes the creation of a Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders