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We send volunteers to areas of conflict, providing protective accompaniment to human rights defenders.

Mexico 2005 - PBI is an international NGO that has been promoting nonviolence and protecting human rights since 1981.

Protective accompaniment is a strategy pioneered by PBI for protecting human rights defenders and communities whose lives and work are threatened by political violence.

On accompaniment in Colombia, in 2001.

About Peace Brigades International

PBI is an international grassroots NGO that has promoted nonviolence and protected human rights since 1981. 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.

Over 26 years, we have protected the lives of hundreds of activists, proving that accompaniment deters violence and creates space for local activists to work. 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.

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Field Projects

Our volunteers are 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.

Groups we accompany

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.

 

What they say

"Thank you, brothers and sisters for accompanying us for these 16 years. ..You made possible what to me in the darkest hours of our people seemed impossible: to save the lives of those destined for death by repressive forces."
Julia Esquivel, poet.

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