We accompany human rights defenders
PBI 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.
Accompany Nicaragua on its UPR
In 2024, the State of Nicaragua was due for its Universal Periodic Review. Civil society organisations have produced reports on the human rights situation in Nicaragua over the past four years. PBI accompanied several organisations in this process. In 2025, we will follow up on the final report that is going to be approved by the 58th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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The People We accompany
At PBI Nicaragua, we accompany four Nicaraguan organisations in exile: Red de Mujeres Pinoleras, Las Malcriadas, CUDJ and Grupo de Reflexión de Excarcelados Políticos.
Where we work
Given the situation in Nicaragua right now, PBI Nicaragua operates from Costa Rica.
"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.