Our Partners
Those closest to the problem are closest to the solution. Working hand-in-hand with community organizers, activists, and advocates, RFK Human Rights brings visibility to grassroots initiatives, providing resources and building public demand for reform where it’s needed most. We are privileged to partner with the bravest people on earth.
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Sexual Minorities Uganda
We partnered to file a petition before the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of 19 LGBTQ+ Ugandans, who were arrested and detained after authorities falsely claimed they were violating COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.
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Somali Journalists Syndicate
We filed a joint petition to the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to secure Mohamed “Abuuja” Abdiwahab Nuur’s release after he was arbitrarily detained for months, enduring torture and being denied access to legal counsel and his family, for publishing an editorial criticizing Somali security forces.
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Somali Media Association
We filed a joint petition to the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to secure Mohamed “Abuuja” Abdiwahab Nuur’s release after he was arbitrarily detained for months, enduring torture and being denied access to legal counsel and his family, for publishing an editorial criticizing Somali security forces.
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Southern Border Communities Coalition
Formed in March 2011, the Southern Border Communities Coalition brings together 60 organizations from San Diego, CA to Brownsville, TX.
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Southern Poverty Law Center
The SPLC is a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people.
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Speak Truth to Power Canada
In 2014, the Speak Truth to Power team embarked on a partnership to create lesson plans that reflect the Canadian contribution to the world’s human rights journeys from multiple perspectives. Local partners include the Assembly of First Nations, Canadian Teachers’ Federation, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
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Speak Truth to Power Italy
Active in the field of human rights education since 2007, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Italy has developed training courses for teachers and students based on the tenets of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Speak Truth to Power Spain
After the successful adaptation, implantation, and launch of RFK Human Rights’ Speak Truth to Power human rights education program several years prior, RFK Spain was officially created in 2018. Principal partners in the early years included the International Studies Foundation at the College for International Studies (CIS), the Gregorio Peces-Barba Foundation, Fulbright Spain, and the…
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Speak Truth to Power Switzerland
Developed in close cooperation with the Competence Center for Human Rights at the University of Zurich, the curriculum was developed specifically for use in Switzerland. In addition to an introductory history of human rights, the book contains a total of 30 activists, 10 of whom are human rights defenders from Switzerland.
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Speak Truth to Power UK
Working with educationalists, child psychologists, artists, and human rights activists, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights UK has created a flexible program that can be deeply embedded in the work of schools. The curriculum has been carefully designed to offer pupils a profound and personal experience with a lasting impact.
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