Key dates in PBI's history

1981

PBI founded

1983-1999

Guatemala Project, reopened 2002

1987-1992

El Salvador project

1989-1998

Sri Lanka project

1992-1999

North America project established

1994

Colombia project established

1994-2001

Participation in the Balkan Peace Team

1995-2001

Haiti project

1996-

PBI joins SIPAZ coalition, Chiapas, Mexico

1998-

Mexico project established

1999-

Indonesia project established

2002-

Guatemala project reopened

2005-

Nepal project established

1989  

PBI is awarded the Memorial Per la Pau "Josep Vidal I Llecha"

1995

PBI is awarded the Memorial de la Paz y la Soledaridad Entre los Pueblos

1996

PBI is awarded the Pfeffer International Peace Prize

1999

PBI is awarded the Aachener International Peace Prize, and the Medalla Comemorativa de la Paz by the Rigoberta Menchú Túm Foundation

2001

PBI's 20th Anniversary with international conference in Switzerland, photo exhibitions in Germany and UK, workshops, celebrations and events in several other countries.

2001

PBI awarded the Martin Ennals Prize for Human Rights Defenders, and is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize