PBI has been working to support human rights and promote nonviolence for 35 years. We send teams of international observers to areas of conflict to provide protective accompaniment to local human rights defenders whose lives and work are under threat. Our work is based on principles of non-partisanship and non-interference, in the belief that lasting transformation of violent conflict cannot be imposed from outside but must be based on the capacity of local people. With your help, we can continue to support Human Rights Defenders.