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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Colombia
Guatemala
Indonesia
Mexico
Nepal

Share the experiences of our field volunteers and find out what it's like living in a very international group, working in a conflict zone protecting the lives of threatened local activists.

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.