Jana Hechler currently volunteers for Peace Brigades International (PBI) UK. Here, she writes about how she got involved, why, and what she gets out of the experience.

A range of new paid and voluntary job opportunities with PBI around the world

Ahead of the 2022 Kenyan general elections on 9 August, PBI Kenya has been working with human rights defenders and Social Justice Centres to ensure they can work in safety during the elections period.

Analyzing human rights progress, challenges & opportunities in the first 100 days of Honduras’s new President

Analysis by Bond shows why, with development now explicitly a tool of foreign policy, the drafting of a strong human rights policy must be a priority for whoever the UK’s new PM puts in the Foreign Office

We share an article from our friends at ABColombia on Colombia’s Truth Commission Report

After two years of delays, the dates of the 15th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) were finally confirmed last week. Indigenous voices must be heard if the 30x30 pledge is to be implemented in a way that protects both people and planet.

PBI joins ABColombia and the Colombian Caravana in expressing concerns about recent threats and intimidation towards three Colombian lawyers

Are you are creative communicator? Experienced in digital communication and social media? Passionate about promoting human rights? Then apply now for hands-on comms experience with an international NGO.

Hard-hitting movie inspires support for land and environmental defenders

Peace Brigades International responds to UK government bill scrapping the Human Rights Act

Sebastián Uribe, human rights defender and lawyer with the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective (CAJAR) in Colombia, sits down with PBI to discuss the effect that the pandemic has had on human rights in Colombia, and how the presidential election will shape the space for years to come.

In policy and in practice, PBI is redoubling its efforts to protect human rights defenders.

No other organisation in the world supports threatened human rights defenders in the way PBI does. You can help make it possible.

Following a series of extrajudicial evictions in Guatemala and ahead of hotly contested presidential elections in Colombia, PBI supported Imelda Teyul and Sebastian Escobar Uribe in meeting decision-makers in Geneva and London

Anuja Pathak reflects on her experience working in PBI Guatemala

This week, we welcomed Colombian human rights lawyer Sebastian from Cajar to London to successfully advocate for action from politicians, lawyers, NGOs and the Foreign Office.

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Now more than ever, the world needs human rights defenders

Now more than ever, human rights defenders need your support

The ability to defend human rights is a fundamental pillar of democracy, security and sustainable development. PBI UK calls on the UK government to focus less on imposing restrictions at home, and more on supporting activists abroad