Peace Brigades International - UK section http://www.peacebrigades.org.uk/ Latest News from PBI UK en Peace Brigades International - UK section http://www.peacebrigades.org.uk/fileadmin/tt_news_article.gif http://www.peacebrigades.org.uk/ Latest News from PBI UK TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:41:00 +0100 Read PBI UK's latest eNewsletter http://eepurl.com/xT3cv Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:41:00 +0100 PBI's contribution to UN Human Rights Council 'landmark' resolution on HRDs http://www.peacebrigades.org.uk/country-groups/pbi-uk/alliance-for-lawyers-at-risk/un-human-rights-council-adopts-landmark-resolution-on-hrds/ On 21 March 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a landmark resolution calling on... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:57:00 +0100 Invitation to a Gala Evening Honouring Defenders of the Rule of Law http://www.peacebrigades.org.uk/country-groups/pbi-uk/events/gala-honouring-defenders-of-the-rule-of-law/ Actors Juliet Stevenson, Samuel West and Hattie Morahan will be performing readings based on the... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:54:00 +0100 Ríos Montt goes on trial for genocide http://www.peacebrigades.org.uk/country-groups/pbi-uk/where-we-work/guatemala/lawyer-edgar-perez-archila/rios-montt-goes-on-trial-for-genocide/ Guatemala’s former head of state, General Efraín Ríos Montt, has gone on trial for genocide. He... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:40:00 +0000 Reaction to the murder of human rights defender Carlos Hernández http://www.peacebrigades.org.uk/country-groups/pbi-uk/pbi-uk-news/news/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3779&cHash=8334b310a0e6c27089b9d3e2aab83d84 On March 8th we received notice of the cruel murder of Carlos Hernández, member of the National... Guatemala City, March 2013

On March 8th we received notice of the cruel murder of Carlos Hernández, member of the National Health Workers' Union, the National Front for Struggle (FNL), the Coordination of Popular, Indigenous, Religious, Workers' and Campesino Organisations of the Oriente (COPIISCO) and the Camotán Campesino Association of the department of Chiquimula, municipality of Camotán. According to the information received he was killed by shots fired from another vehicle on his return from a trip from Honduras.

We are profoundly shocked by this horrible crime that has ended the life of a human rights defender, activist and person who was greatly committed to the wellbeing of his community and colleagues.

PBI Guatemala had accompanied the Camotán Campesino Association between 2009 and 2012. During this period we got to know and accompanied Carlos Hernandez on numerous occasions as he, given his compromise with the defence of life, environment, health and natural resources, just as other members of the Camotán Campesino Association suffered various forms of aggression and threats including disproportionate judicial accusations.

In these moments of deep sadness and pain we express our solidarity with his family, his community and colleagues of the organizations and platforms in which he participated.

We hope that these terrible events will be promptly investigated and the culprits brought to trial, so that this crime does not remain in impunity and so that there can be hope that the violence which has such a grave impact on Guatemalan people's lives will one day come to an end.

At the same time we express our deep concern for the situation of attacks and threats that the social organizations and human rights defenders in this and other regions of Guatemala are facing.

Finally, we call on the international community to take measures which it considers adequate to ensure the effective protection of human rights defenders in Guatemala, paying special attention to those defenders that just as Carlos Hernández are already suffering threats due to their commitment to economic and social human rights.

Peace Brigades International
Guatemala Project

]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:33:00 +0000 Support PBI's International Women's Day campaign http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=994098bfc3b7b2f02da8dbe33&id=1600ebd03e Imagine arriving home after work to find a scrawled death threat pushed through your letterbox. The... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:47:00 +0000 Event on 27 Feb - The Ruggie principles: a remedy for Colombian communities facing the environmental and human rights impact of multinationals? http://www.peacebrigades.org.uk/country-groups/pbi-uk/events/ruggie-principles-in-colombia/ In June 2011 the UN Human Rights Council endorsed "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights:... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:53:00 +0000 Mexico: The duty to protect (video) - the new law to protect human rights defenders and journalists http://www.peacebrigades.org.uk/country-groups/pbi-uk/publications-and-resources/dvds-videos-and-cds/ Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:36:00 +0000 David Ravelo among finalists for Front Line Defenders 2013 Award for human rights defenders at risk http://www.peacebrigades.org.uk/country-groups/pbi-uk/pbi-uk-news/news/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3750&cHash=e9bc658a490fdc56999f581ddfe34825 Front Line Defenders' shortlist of finalists for its annual Award for human rights defenders at... Front Line Defenders' shortlist of finalists for its annual Award for human rights defenders at risk includes the Colombian defender David Ravelo Crespo, member of PBI-accompanied organisations CREDHOS and MOVICE.

David Ravelo was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison in December 2012, following a process fraught with irregularities.

The respected human rights defender, member of the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS) and the the National Movement of Victims of State Crimes (MOVICE), had already spent more 26 months in detention awaiting trial.

Front Line will announce the winner of the award later in the year.

]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:02:00 +0000 Defending human rights: A high risk activity in Honduras http://www.peacebrigades.org.uk/country-groups/pbi-uk/where-we-work/exploratory-fieldwork/pbi-in-honduras/ In response to a request for international accompaniment from the National Human Rights Platform of... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:41:00 +0000