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At STTP event, genocide survivor Suljagić says the world must prevent a repeat of Srebrenica in Ukraine
Tags Share Emir Suljagić was 17 years old when the Bosnian war erupted on April 6, 1992. The director of the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Center shared his experiences on Tuesday Sept. 20 at the Speak Truth to Power Speaker’s Series, a live virtual event organized by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and moderated by George…
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ESG Means Socially Responsible Investing, Not “Woke Capitalism”
It’s about creating a more equitable and sustainable world for generations to come
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Achieving Profit and Impact: Can Private Equity Do Both?
Tags Share Many Americans are skeptical that it’s possible to achieve both of those goals together. In a 2017 survey of people’s perceptions of profitability and overall societal contribution of 40 familiar Fortune 500 firms, participants strongly associated profit with negative societal value. That is, most people saw profit as a zero-sum game, the study’s…
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Modern Decolonization: The Role of the UN and the Responsibility of All of Us
Tags Share In December 1960, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution, Resolution 1514 XV, better known as the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. Resolution 1514 proclaims “the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations” and asserts that…
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RFKHR’s Roby, Foro Penal President Romero take on enforced disappearances in Venezuela during live event
Tags Share Venezuela is a country that faces ongoing political repression, restrictions on civic space, widespread human rights violations, and the region’s most significant ongoing humanitarian crisis, which has caused over six million Venezuelans to flee abroad by June 2022, according to the United Nations. That’s why Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights has partnered with…
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‘Our duty as human rights advocates is to make them understand’
Tags Share It was an opportunity to tell the true story of discrimination against Black immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers by the U.S government, a story that largely goes untold, and reframe it for the international community. The week of Aug. 9, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Vice President for Domestic Advocacy and Litigation Anthony…
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Twitter: From Microblogging to a Human Right
Tags Share Over the last several years, social media platforms have evolved from mere communication applications to consequential social impact drivers used by about 4.6 billion subscribers globally including everyday people, traditional media, businesses, politicians, governments, civil society, and even terrorists. Courts around the world have even classified social media as integral to the exercise…
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RFKHR at the United Nations: Why the U.S. doesn’t have reliable statistics to measure anti-Black discrimination in U.S. immigration
Tags Share On Tuesday, Aug. 9, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights 2021 HRA Laureate Guerline Jozef, president of the Haitian Bridge Alliance, testified before the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, one of the few international treaties the U.S. has signed on to. The topic? The continual systemic mistreatment of Black migrants…
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Opinion: Colombian Vice-President Elect Francia Márquez is Great News for Human Rights; Here’s Why
Tags Share The election of Francia Márquez as Colombia’s vice president is potentially the biggest move toward expanding civic space the country has seen in decades. Not only will Márquez be the first Black woman to hold executive office in Colombia, she is also an established environmental activist and advocate for Indigenous and poor people’s…
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Honduras has entered a critical moment for LGBTQ+ rights
Tags Share This May, a Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights delegation traveled to Honduras aiming to reinforce the implementation of reparations ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in a key legal victory: Vicky Hernández et al. v. Honduras, the Court’s first trans rights case. Alongside our partners at Red Lésbica Cattrachas, the group…
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RFKHR Book Club panel discusses Tramuto’s new book on how compassionate leadership can transform organizations
Tags Share Compassionate leadership, effective listening, trust and creating an atmosphere of psychological safety in the workplace were the main highlights of a panel discussion hosted by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ Board and Leadership Council Book Club on Wednesday, June 22. The conversation, moderated by Jeffrey Siminoff, Senior Vice President of Workplace Dignity…
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