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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Howard Law School Thurgood Marshall Center Clinic
Our collaboration filed a petition before the IACHR on behalf of the family of Michael Brown, a Black teenager who was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
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Human & Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University
We partnered to file a petition on behalf of Rekia Boyd’s family seeking justice for her murder at the hands of an off-duty police officer before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
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Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum
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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ICCR (Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility)
Leveraging equity ownership in some of the world’s largest and most powerful companies, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights works with ICCR to identify and mitigate social and environmental risks resulting from corporate operations and policies.
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef)
Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) is a next-generation social justice law firm that defends our immigrant communities against injustices in the immigration system. ImmDef envisions a future where no immigrant is forced to face an unjust immigration system alone.
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Immigration Equality
For 30 years, Immigration Equality has worked to secure safe haven, freedom, and equality for the LGBTQ and HIV-positive communities. Through direct legal services, policy advocacy, and impact litigation, we support immigrants who face discrimination based on who they are and whom they love.
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Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy (ISLA)
Our investigation of a Louisiana immigrant detention center highlights the egregious human rights violations found across all of ICE’s 200 jails.
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Innovation Law Lab
Innovation Law Lab leverages the work of coders, lawyers, and activists in order to end isolation and exploitation of immigrants and refugees, build permanent pathways to immigrant inclusion, and advance justice. Since its founding, Innovation Law Lab’s work has advanced the cause of justice.
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Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa
Following a sham election, we partnered to file the first-ever case before the African Commission to examine voting rights and establish a continent-wide rights-based approach to free and fair elections.
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Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) is a U.S.-based human rights non-profit organization. Established in 2004, it is a partnership of human rights advocates in Haiti and the U.S., dedicated to tackling the root causes of injustice that impacts basic human rights in Haiti. In partnership with our Haiti-based sister organization, the…
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Inter-American Press Association (IAPA)
We partnered to seek justice for Latin American journalists whose murders or disappearances have been mired in impunity, such as Nelson Carvajal v. Colombia, Alfredo Jiménez Mota v. Mexico, and Guillermo Cano v. Colombia.
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International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
After Rwanda dismantled one of the country’s few independent human rights organizations, we teamed up to challenge human rights violations of the organization’s ousted president before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
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