Mexico City, 8 July 2015.- Today, 8 July, PBI, together with the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) participated in a session of the EU Council's Working Group on Human Rights to discuss protection mechanisms for human rights defenders working within the context of European large-scale investment projects. The intervention began with the presentation of a video which narrates the stories and the situation of risk of HRDs working on land rights issues in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Colombia.

The short version of the documentary movie produced by Peace Brigades International thanks to the support of Open Society Foundations and Ziviler Friedensdienst is available at: bit.ly/LandOfCorn