January 28, 2012
  
  • Promoting nonviolence and protecting human rights defenders since 1981
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Our volunteers accompany human rights defenders in conflict areas

PBI has been promoting nonviolence and protecting human rights since 1981.

PBI's volunteers embody international concern for human rights on the ground.

PBI has protected the lives of hundreds of activists: our accompaniment creates space for local activists to work.

Our impact during 2010

1,685 days of physical accompaniment, 2,000 visits and meetings with human rights defenders, 1,000 meetings with international and regional authorities and organisations, protection and support to 170 women and 197 men human rights defenders from 49 organisations. Read more about our impact during 2010...

PBI celebrates 30 years protecting human rights

Since 1981, PBI has helped hundreds of communities and thousands of people in 11 countries by protecting human rights defenders who tirelessly work in pursuit of justice for the victims and survivors of violence, displacement and repression

We send international volunteers to areas of conflict, providing protective accompaniment to human rights defenders threatened by political violence. We also facilitate other peace-building initiatives.

We are nonpartisan and do not interfere in the affairs of those we accompany, because we believe that a lasting peace cannot be imposed from outside but must come from the desires of local people.

>> PBI's anniversary conferences
>> Timeline - 30 years of PBI
>> PBI's founding statement from 1981
>> More about PBI...

Field Projects

PBI's recent exploratory fieldwork has examined the needs of human rights defenders in Honduras and Africa.

Our volunteers are currently protecting human rights defenders in:

Publications

Providing objective, accurate information is vital to ensuring the effectiveness of our work locally, nationally and internationally.

Country Groups

The commitment of volunteers and staff from PBI Country Groups makes our projects possible.

Find out more about Country Groups and how you can get involved locally.

People we protect

From women's groups in Colombia to indigenous groups in Papua, we accompany a wide variety of threatened activists worldwide. Learn about their courageous struggles for human rights against heavy odds.

Bearing Witness - a short film about PBI

This five minute film produced by Alan Ereira for PBI UK is an excellent short introduction to the work of PBI and how protective acompaniment works to protect human rights defenders who are threatened with violence. Watch the video.

News from PBI

What they say

"PBI is quite different from most other international NGOs I have come across...PBI safeguards rights on the front line by risking their own most basic rights: right to life, dignity and liberty of person."
Wimal Fernando, Sri Lanka

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