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.

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association

    Founded in 1946, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, voluntary bar association that provides continuing legal education, professional services, information, and expertise to more than 18,000 attorneys who practice and teach immigration law. Since AILA’s founding, the organization has worked to enhance the professional development of its members, advance the quality…

  • Asociación de Abogados y Notarios Mayas de Guatemala

    Our collaboration secured a judgment against the state of Guatemala in the case of Claudina Isabel Velásquez Paiz v. Guatemala.

  • Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression

    Our partnership in the case of Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Hussein v. Egypt ultimately led the Egyptian authorities to release Hussein.

  • Atlas of Blackness

    Atlas of Blackness (AOB) is a grassroots multimedia artistic research-based organization that mentors Black foster youth by providing them with resources to document their untold stories to produce authentic narratives rooted in their truth. Their work includes mutual aid support, Documenting MN community journalism program, child welfare & prison research, and resource sharing, including legal support.

  • Ballard Spahr

    Ballard Spahr provides strategic legal services and business solutions of the highest quality, delivered with uncommon efficiency.

  • Black Diaspora Liberty Initiative

    Black Diaspora Liberty Initiative is dedicated to providing vital support and resources to Black LGBTQ+ immigrants who face unique and multifaceted challenges.

  • Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project

    The Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) uses leadership development and organizing to address the ways in which trans and queer Black immigrants are criminalized by the criminal law and immigration system, and marginalized in the broader immigrant community.

  • BNY Mellon

    Established in 1784, BNY Mellon is America’s oldest bank and the first company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BK). Today, BNY Mellon powers capital markets around the world through comprehensive solutions that help clients manage and service their financial assets throughout the investment life cycle. BNY Mellon had $45.7 trillion in assets…

  • Boston University School of Law International Human Rights Clinic

    Boston University School of Law offers the International Human Rights Clinic to law students interested in working for global and regional human rights while representing non-governmental organizations and group clients from all parts of the world. Students learn about treaties, policies, and other legal mechanisms for implementing and enforcing international human rights and humanitarian law.

  • Bridgespan Social Impact

    Bridgespan Social Impact, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Bridgespan Group, has partnered with over 100 impact investors globally to drive measurable social and environmental change.

New year, new us. Same mission.

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is rebranding to honor the legacy of our founder and hero, Mrs. Ethel Skakel Kennedy. From now on, we will proudly be known as the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center

While our name is changing, our mission and work remain the same. We will continue to fight injustice, advance human rights, and hold governments accountable around the world in 2026 and beyond.