PBI UK launches 2018-19 Impact Report

Peace Brigades International UK is pleased to launch our 2018-19 Impact Report.

Human rights are not a given. They are fought for every day, by people putting themselves in situations of extreme risk for the greater good. Tragically, the past two years have seen dramatic increases in attacks, criminalisation and murder of these human rights defenders. The death toll is rapidly approaching 4,000 since the UN Declaration on defenders in 1998, and shows little indication of slowing down.

In this context, human rights defenders need the support of the international community more than ever. Over the past two years, PBI UK has been working closely with defenders to enhance their legal and political networks and raise their profile on the global stage. This has included securing and promoting their nomination for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, organising more than a dozen speaker tours, and comprehensively advocating on their behalf in parliament.

We are pleased to share news of these and other initiatives, as well as updates from human rights defenders and volunteers in the field, in our 2018-19 Impact Report, which you can download here.

Our work would not have been possible without the support of our long-standing pro bono partners the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk and Simmons & Simmons, generous individual donors, committed trusts and foundations, and dedicated field and office volunteers. Thank for believing in us and helping us to make this world a better place.