This Earth Day, join us in celebrating the land and environmental defenders overcoming attacks to defend our planet

PBI UK welcomes new Director Ben Leather

Peace Brigades International expresses its deepest concern about the grave human rights violations occurring in the context of the war in Ukraine, and the escalation of this conflict.

Despite a violently escalating situation, the Colombian State has not adopted the sufficient and necessary measures to protect human rights defenders, community organizers, nor everyday citizens.

This International Women’s Day, we introduce the Pinoleras Women’s Network

Join us on 13 March at 6:30PM to hear from South Coast water protectors criminalized for mobilizing against sugar mills in Guatemala

PBI expresses concerns about the recent shooting of CAHUCOPANA member Carlos Morales

PBI Mexico is calling for volunteers. Apply by 31 March 2022

Join us on 2 March for a virtual roundtable on judicial independence at risk in Guatemala and Colombia

It is not easy to explain what 20 years of work mean for Peace Brigades International's Project in Mexico…

Nicaraguan Voices in Resistance - a new zine from PBI Nicaragua in Costa Rica

Applications to join the PBI Guatemala field team close 23 January - learn more and apply today

2021 marked 40 years of PBI. Here’s some of what we got up to thanks to your support.

Upon the release of the draft summit agreement for the COP26, we see who is represented in decision-making spaces, who is left out, and how we can tip the balance.

Join us on Saturday for our webinar on COP26 and the situation of environmental human rights defenders

PBI UK and Amnesty International UK call on Government for tangible commitments to support environmental human rights defenders at COP26

A new collaborative programme of legal empowerment, protection and resilience-building activities and resources for grassroots activists and communities working on environmental rights issues: the Legal Empowerment Project

Bernardo Caal Xol bought a successful legal challenge against the Oxec hydroelectric projects, resulting in their temporary suspension, as part of the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabon, a grassroots movement accompanied by PBI. He was subsequently arrested on spurious charges of illegal detention and robbery.

This is just one example of criminalisation - a tool used to silence defenders