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Collective Protection of Human Rights Defenders of the Right to Land and Territory: Conceptual developments and methodological challenges
Organisation: Protection International, Pensamiento y Acción Social
Country/Region: International
Type: Guides & Manuals
This report is the product of a two-year long research project that seeks to explore more comprehensive approaches to protection for human rights defenders, particularly those defending the right to land and territory.
At least three elements motivated Pensamiento y Acción Social (PAS) and Protection International (PI) to undertake research on collective protection measures for human
rights defenders (HRDs), civil society organisations (CSOs) and their communities struggling for the right to land and territory: First, the high level of risk being faced by HRDs, CSOs and communities, particularly those who live and operate in remote
rural areas.
Second, since 2015, the issue of collective protection has received growing attention both in Colombia’s jurisprudence and the human rights community. And third, the need to expand the focus of HRD protection beyond the governmentled protection programme, which has shown strong limitations in responding to the risks these community-based
HRDs face.
And third, the need to expand the focus of HRD protection beyond the governmentled protection programme, which has shown strong limitations in responding to the risks these community-based HRDs face.