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The most effective security lessons come from defenders themselves - from their daily experiences and the tactics and strategies they develop over time in order to protect others and their own working environments.
Sowing to resist.
Security and integral protection methodologies for human rights defenders in Honduras, 2024 (Spanish only)
This protection booklet is the result of years of hard work in sharing the experiences, efforts and struggles of the people who day after day defend human rights in Honduras: without their stories and examples of non-violent resistance to the multiple attacks they suffer, without their unwavering commitment, this document would not have been possible. For this, and for all that they have taught us, we would like to thank them.
Wellbeing, Self-Care, and Integrated Security (WeSIS) Manual for Human Rights Defenders, 2023
Burmese Khmer
Tagalog English
Across Southeast Asia, human rights defenders are fighting for their rights, often putting themselves in harms’ way and experiencing great personal cost in the name of what they believe in.
As activists, we can take for granted the toll that our work takes on our minds and bodies, as well as on our families and loved ones. We continue to put our causes and the needs of others before our own, all the while facing heightened risk on account not only of our activism, but also our identities. Too often, the cost becomes too great. We overwork, burn out, get sick or become disillusioned. Yet the efficacy of our movements depends on our own ability to fight and keep fighting for the change we want to see in the world. This manual is a response to the struggle facing too many women and LGBTIQ+ rights defenders, and a hope that together we can create space for solidarity and healing, movement-building and growth.
Frontline Manual Spanish pdf
Publicado por Front Line 2005 Fundación Internacional para la Protección de los Defensores de Derechos Humanos 16 Idrone Place, Off Bath Place, Blackrock, County Dublín, Ireland. Los manuales fueron escritos basados en el trabajo del PBI.
Frontline Manual Spanish pdf (pdf 2.4 MB)
Frontline Manual pdf
The most effective security lessons come from defenders themselves - from their daily experiences and the tactics and strategies they develop over time in order to protect others and their own working environments. This manual must therefore be understood as a work in progress which will need to be updated and adapted as we gather more input from human rights defenders working on the front line. There are also lessons to be learned from international humanitarian NGOs, who have recently started to develop their own rules and procedures to maintain staff security. These manuals were written largely based on the work of PBI.
Frontline Manual pdf (pdf 637 KB)
Frontline Handbook
This handbook is intended to give human rights defenders at risk practical advice on how to deal with the attacks which they may have to deal with in their work as a human rights defender. This manual is designed as a quick reference handbook giving helpful and practical suggestions on steps to improve personal security. These manuals were written largely based on the work of PBI.
Frontline Handbook (pdf 401 KB)
AI Guide to EU guidelines implementation
The Guidelines represent a unique commitment by EU institutions and individual EU member states to promote the principles in the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders in its relations with countries outside the EU. If fully implemented, the potential for bringing about change is significant. The fact that all member states have agreed to the Guidelines provides a strong basis for the EU to develop an effective human rights policy.
AI Guide to EU guidelines implementation (pdf 365 KB)