PBI's Support Networks are activated when there is a critical human rights violation of the groups or individuals whom PBI is accompanying, or to PBI volunteers themselves. Members of the public, institutional and governmental bodies around the world apply immediate international pressure on the appropriate political or military figures, by sending faxes, letters, or making calls protesting the violation and urging respect for human rights.

Network activations do not happen often, as this form of international pressure is, for PBI, the last resort - we aim to avert violations through our diplomacy work with groups in conflict, and use the Support Networks only when the situation is critical.

There are two parts of the Support Networks: the Emergency Response Network (ERN) of individual activists; and then there is the high-level Political Support Network (PSN) of human rights organizations, the UN, the OAS, Congress, and the State Department. 

The ERN is a network of people who agree to send letters, faxes, or make calls when a human rights alert reaches them. Alerts are a last resort in our deterrence, and they are not issued often.

To join the ERN and receive immediate e-mail notification when there is a human rights alert, please fill out all the information below. PBI-USA will not share your information with anyone else