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Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation Brings Human Rights Education Into Greek Classrooms
Tags Share Over the past few months, Speak Truth to Power partner, the Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation, has worked tirelessly to bring STTP to Greece. Whether through individual collaboration or country-wide conferences, the Foundation has shown to be a dedicated and enthusiastic partner in creating the next generation of human rights defenders. Most recently, in…
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Murder of Nelson Carvajal Should Be Declared a Crime Against Humanity
Tags Share Bogotá / Miami / Washington, DC, March 23, 2018 – Only a month away of the statute of limitations to apply to the murder of Colombian journalist Nelson Carvajal, the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the foundation for Freedom of the Press (FLIP for its initials in Spanish)…
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International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women’s Leadership in Advancing Human Rights
Tags Share Around the world, women’s voices have catalyzed movements against repressive regimes, gender-based violence, inequality, and other threats to human rights. Through their advocacy, women have demanded a public platform to be heard, expanding civic space in their communities and pushing back on the marginalization of women human rights defenders. Today, on International Women’s…
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Zimbabweans Fight for the Right to Peacefully Protest
Tags Share In Zimbabwe, Valentine’s Day isn’t just about romance. It’s a milestone when women and men have historically taken to the streets to call for accountability and responsive government, led by Jenni Williams, Magodonga Mahlangu, and other organizers of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA).Valentine’s Day is all about showing—as Williams put it—that the power…
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Merits Brief Submitted in Ciudad Juárez Femicides Case
Tags Share Working in partnership with CEDIMAC – an organization dedicated to supporting victims of gender-based violence and their families in Ciudad Juarez- we represent six women murdered and one child disappeared in Ciudad Juárez, and their families, before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in a case titled Silvia Elena Rivera Morales y…
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On Bangladesh, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Leads the Way
Tags Share As the ASAN Fellow at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, I am gaining a tremendous amount of exposure to human rights issues from around the world. A panel discussion hosted on February 1 by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Guernica 37, and the Georgetown University Law Center’s Human Rights Institute was the latest…
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UN Determines Al Jazeera Journalist Mahmoud Hussein was Arbitrarily Detained
Tags Share This week the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention published its decision in the case of Mahmoud Hussein, a prominent journalist who works for Al Jazeera Media Network in Qatar and is represented by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. The Working Group determined that Mr. Hussein has been arbitrarily detained without charge…
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IACHR Releases Advisory Opinion on Gender Identity and Same-Sex Non-Discrimination
Tags Share On November 24, 2017, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights adopted an Advisory Opinion on gender identity, equality, and non-discrimination for same-sex couples. In its Opinion, this regional human rights tribunal not only reaffirmed that gender identity and non-discrimination based on sexual orientation are protected by the American Convention on Human Rights, but…
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An Unhappy New Year for Migrants in the Bahamas
Tags Share Normally, the start of a new year is a time of optimism and hope. This year, many in the Bahamas are awaiting December 31 with dread thanks to Prime Minister Hubert Minnis’ declaration that migrants in an irregular status are to leave the country by that day or face aggressive deportation. Since Minnis’…
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RFK Human Rights Co-Organizes Hearings on Police Killings
Tags Share CAITLIN CALLAHAN On December 7th, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights co-organized a Thematic Hearing on impunity for police killings within the United States before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. A recording of the full hearing can be found here. The testimony provided by family members and activists focused on the barriers families…
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Strengthening Our Commitment to a World Free From Violence Against Women
Tags Share July 7, 1995, was the last day Ramona saw her teenage daughter, Silvia. Two months later, Silvia’s body was found on a ranch outside of Ciudad Juarez, México, a city notorious for epidemic rates of femicide, or the killing of women due to their gender. 22 years later, no one has been convicted…
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Building Civil Society Skills with a Bahamas Human Rights Workshop
The workshop worked with participants to identify the main human rights issues in The Bahamas and develop strategies to address them.
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