Ernesto Palencia
Personally PBI has been a wonderful school of life. It really built and defined my work ethics. After PBI I worked for the international secretariat of Amnesty International, the UN special rapporteur on HRDs and ISHR
Marianne Bertrand
Mexico, 2008-2015
PBI’s work has impacted my personal growth, my professional knowledge and career. I have moved on to a post-master project where I worked for another NGO. After that I decided to commit myself to political awareness in my own country
Hilde Koster
Mexico, 2013-2014
PBI was the foundation for my work in human rights and it taught me many life lessons
William Kyte
Mexico, 2005-2006
PBI was a great experience for me as it offered the opportunity to be close to human rights issues and learn from defenders
Rubens Carvalho
Mexico, 2011-2013
PBI’s work sheds light on violations happening around the world that are not relayed by the press
Raphael Warolin
Mexico, 2015-2017
Opening spaces of peace for women and men defenders seems to me necessary and urgent, they are the last bastion of civilization in this world.
Carla Cavarretta
Mexico, 2008-now
During my first field experience, I met people who remain very important in my life to this day. PBI’s work is important because of the solidarity it embodies
Aurore Guyard
Mexico
PBI has trained me and given me experience in the defense of human rights in Mexico, where I still live today.
Arianna Bizzoni
Mexico, 2014-2019
It has given me another view of my home country and the knowledge of a different culture.
Ralf Meyer
Mexico