We accompany human rights defenders
PBI is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that provides accompaniment and observation to threatened civil society organisations that request it. The presence of international volunteers, backed up by an international support network and the dissemination of information, helps to deter violence.
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In contexts where people and communities are subject to violent conflict, intimidation or repression, human rights defenders can be key agents for resistance and change. PBI exists to support and protect these courageous people.
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"Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to promote and to strive for the protection and realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels."
Article 1, UN Declaration on human rights defenders, adopted in 1998.
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For over 40 years, we have worked at local, regional and international levels to protect human rights defenders and communities whose lives and work are threatened by violence. Help us protect human rights defenders by making a donation, however small, today.