• 3 October 2018
    Forced displacement: neither recognised nor addressed in Chihuahua
    Internal forced displacement continues to be unrecognised and unattended in Mexico.
  • 26 September 2018
    Forced disappearance: an open wound in Mexico
    As we commemorate 4 years from the disappearance of the 43 students from the rural college of Ayotzinapa (Guerrero), PBI stands in solidarity with all those searching for their family members, coming up against unbearable impunity with strength and inspiring dignity.
  • 18 September 2018
    Why do we need a binding treaty for Business and Human Rights?
    The shifting nature of international power relations has meant that transnational companies often exercise greater power than governments across the world.
  • 14 September 2018
    Human rights defenders for the Nobel Peace Prize!
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  • 12 September 2018
    Ciudad Juárez: the struggle for justice continues
    On 30th August 2018 families and organisations, together with the Human Rights Centre Paso del Norte, took part in a memorial event for the victims of forced disappearance, in the centre of Ciudad Juárez (Chihuahua).  Members of PBI Mexico were at their side, ensuring the human rights defeners of Paso del Norte were protected and to shed light on the topic of forced disappearance in the North of Mexico and the risk that the struggle for justice brings with it.
  • 5 September 2018
    Protecting our territory begins with the bodies of its inhabitants
    The Committee for the Integral Protection of Human Rights Gobixha (Código-DH) is an organization located in Oaxaca de Juárez, which works to contribute in the re-installation of human and community rights from indigenous and Afro-mestizo groups; it also offers free legal counseling, health and psychological care to victims of human rights violations, and fosters access to justice and promotes the fight against impunity.
  • 29 August 2018
    International eyes on Mexico
    The past few months have witnessed significant change in Mexico given the election of a new President and the promises and commitments his new government have already laid out.
  • 22 August 2018
    20 years celebrating defenders
    Photo: "The industrialisation of the countryside", mural by Grace Greenwood in the Abelardo Rodriguez market, Mexico City
  • 15 August 2018
    Water is worth more than gold, because you can´t drink gold!
    This was declared by more than 30 rural indigenous communities from the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, accompanied by organisations and collectives from the State, in the framework of the Conference of Communities from the Central Valleys Against Mining, "Here we say Yes to Life and No to Mining", an event accompanied by PBI that was held on 22nd June, the State day of rebellion against mining, in the municipality of San Antonio Castillo Velasco, district of Ocotlán.
  • 7 August 2018
    Mexico: a safe country?
    Photo: a mural at the Casa del Migrante Saltillo representing the countries of Latin America, painted by a migrant who passed through the Casa

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