Paz y Derechos Humanos

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Interview: The Wajtakju Namto Ponötsi walk– the importance of a cultural practice

The Wajtakju Namto Ponötsi ancestral walk is a practice that the Maiben Masiware community carry out. They are a nomadic indigenous community living in the Caño Mochuelo reservation, located between the municipalities of Paz de Ariporo and Hato Corozal, in the region of Casanare. The millennial ...

Publicado el 8 de octubre de 2025 15:12

JOINT STATEMENT CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF CIVIC SPACE IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO, DUE TO THE DETERIORATION OF CONDITIONS FOR THE DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

We, the undersigned organisations, express our deep concern for the shrinking civic space in Chiapas, Mexico, due to the deteriorating conditions for the defence of human rights. We urgently call on the Mexican State to fulfil its obligation to protect and publicly support human rights defenders...

Publicado el 22 de agosto de 2025 15:36

Open letter: The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention confirms the unjustly accusation and arbitrary detention of the Tzeltal human rights defenders Manuel Santiz Cruz, Agustín Pérez Domínguez, Juan Velasco Aguilar, Martín Pérez Domínguez, Augustín Pérez Velasco and Agustín Pérez Velasco

Dear Sirs and Madams, We are writing to express our concern for the five unjustly detained Tzeltal human rights defenders Manuel Santiz Cruz, Agustín Pérez Domínguez, Juan Velasco Aguilar, Martín Pérez Domínguez and Agustín Pérez Velasco, who were arbitrarily detained in 2022 and who have since b...

Publicado el 21 de agosto de 2025 16:57

We mourn Pope Francis and share the world’s loss

‘We share the loss of our friends, the Church and the world’ write Herman Hallonsten, Chairperson of the Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation, and Lotta Sjöström Becker, Secretary General of the Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation, on the death of Pope Francis. Photo. Günther Simmermacher / Pix...

Publicado el 24 de abril de 2025 21:13

Faith-based peacebuilding? The story of my Life

“Faith is like connecting ones’ phone to the socket to recharge. Once a phone is recharged, one can use it” Moses John. Director of ONAD in South Sudan. Photo: Lisa Hydén.   Can you describe your faith and in what way it influences or shapes your everyday life? – Faith is like connecting ones...

Publicado el 26 de noviembre de 2020 15:23