RFK Human Rights is now the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center.
While our name is changing, our mission and work remain the same. Grounded in the legacies of Sen. Robert and Ethel Kennedy and their commitment to a just and peaceful world, we expose injustice, heal pain, and end suffering. Learn more.
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Submit your nomination for the 2026 Human Rights Award!
The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award honors an individual or group of individuals who stand up to oppression at grave personal risk in the nonviolent pursuit of human rights.
You can help us honor Robert F. Kennedy’s legacy and promote the work of dedicated human rights defenders around the world. Learn more about the nomination process, and if you know of a person or group fighting for justice, submit their name by December 15, 2025.
We advocate for human rights issues and pursue strategic litigation to hold governments accountable at home and around the world. We foster a social good approach to business, celebrate agents of change, and to ensure change that lasts, we educate millions of students about human rights, training the next generation of leaders.
Justice
Working alongside grassroots partners, our teams of lawyers confront systemic problems through litigation and advocacy aimed at structural change.
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Business
We work within our network, which includes some of the world’s most powerful fiduciaries, to push investors and corporations to integrate dignity and equity into their business approach, across people, practices, portfolios, and community impacts.
Education
We envision a world where human rights education is ingrained into the fabric of all educators’ pedagogy and young people are empowered to become human rights defenders.
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