October 28, 2025 The Bonaire Human Rights was present and witnessed this historic moment and welcomes the approval by the Chair of the UN Fourth Committee on 16th October 2025…
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Bonaire Human Rights Organization Brings International Legal Action to the United Nations and other international bodies over misclassification of Bonaire.
October 24, 2025 The Bonaire Human Rights Organization (BHRO) has taken a decisive step at the international level by appointing Dr. Maxton Scotland, United Nations Global SDG & Civil Society…
Greenpeace’s Greenwashing in court while Bonaire’s native people are being erased
October 17, 2025 James Finies, Founder of the Bonaire Human Rights Organization (BHRO) on the context of legal proceedings against the Dutch government over climate obligations by Greenpeace Netherlands. A…
Advocacy Forces Change – Exposing Holland’s Continuous Colonial Practices and Symbolism 10-10-10 & 666
October 14, 2025 As many countries across the Americas commemorate October 10 as Columbus Day—a date symbolizing European “discovery” and the beginning of colonization—Caribbean, American Indigenous peoples remember it as…
BHRO Denounces Anti-Discrimination Law for BES Islands as a Colonial Measure Disguised as Equality
October 14, 2025 The Bonaire Human Rights Organization (BHRO) denounce the recent legislation as a colonial act disguised as equality, aimed at reinforcing Dutch control rather than protecting the rights…
Unity and Justice: Bonaire Joins Caribbean Leaders at Indigenous Peoples Conference
October 7, 2025 The Indigenous Peoples Conference held on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th October 2025 at the NALIS Public Library, Trinidad & Tobago organized by National Committee on Reparations…
COPPPAL Honors James Finies and Davika Bissessar Shaw with the “Gustavo Carvajal Moreno, Messenger of Peace” Award
October 3, 2025 The Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPPAL) has approved the awarding of the ‘Gustavo Carvajal Moreno, Messenger of Peace’ Medal of…
Historic First: Bonaire Human Rights Organization Challenges Dutch State at UN Human Rights Hearing in Geneva
October 3, 2025 Bonaire Human Rights Organization (BHRO), James Finies and Davika Bissessar, made history at the 78th Session of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)…
Bonaire Human Rights Organization at the 80th UN General Assembly
September 26, 2025 James Finies, leader of Partido Pueblo Progresivo i Uni and founder of the Bonaire Human Rights Organization (BHRO), is participating this week in the 80th edition of…
Bonaire’s Case Presented at COPPPAL Decolonization Forum in Aruba
September 26, 2025 At the COPPPAL Decolonization Forum held in Aruba on September 20, 2025, organized and hosted by Movimento Electoral di Pueblo – MEP, Joseline Thielman representing Woman Wing…
Bonaire participates in the COPPPAL International Forum in Aruba while James Finies advocates for human rights at the United Nations in Geneva
September 23, 2025 As part of broader lobbying efforts, Mrs. Joseline Thielman of Muhernan Fuerte Bonaire will represent Mr. James Finies and the case of Bonaire at the COPPPAL International…
Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights Geneva calls on Holland to Report on the rights of the Bonaire People
September 19, 2025 On September 16–17, 2025, the Bonaire Human Rights Organization (BHRO) will bring the voices of Bonaire and the former Netherlands Antilles islands—Aruba, Curaçao, St. Maarten, Saba, and…