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New Amicus Brief on the Rights of Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share On February 6th 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, in partnership with the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), Women’s Link Worldwide (WLW) and Unión Nacional de Instituciones para el Trabajo de Acción Social (UNITAS) filed an amicus brief before the Colombian Constitutional Court. In 2019, national civil society presented a constitutional action…
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Rwandan Authorities Should Ensure an Independent Investigation into John Williams Ntwali’s Death
Tags Share January 31, 2023 – Rwandan authorities should allow an independent, impartial, and effective investigation, drawing on international expertise, into the death of John Williams Ntwali, a leading investigative journalist, 90 civil society organizations and media associations said today. Rwanda’s international partners should press the authorities to allow and cooperate fully with such an…
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Organizaciones internacionales denuncian proyecto de ley que busca criminalizar y obstaculizar el trabajo de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil en Venezuela
Tags Share [Ginebra y Washington D.C. enero 26 de 2023]. Las organizaciones abajo firmantes expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación por la aprobación en primera vuelta de un proyecto de ley que busca criminalizar y obstaculizar aún más el trabajo de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil en Venezuela: la Ley de Fiscalización, Regularización, Actuación y Financiamiento…
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International organizations express concern over bill that seeks to criminalize and hinder the work of civil society organizations in Venezuela
Tags Share [Geneva and Washington D.C. 26 January, 2023]. The undersigned organizations express our deep concern over the approval in the first round of a bill that seeks to criminalize and further hinder the work of civil society organizations in Venezuela: Law of Supervision, Regularization, Performance and Financing of Non-Governmental and Related Organizations (Ley de…
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Statement by Kerry Kennedy on the Deteriorating Health of Georgia’s ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili in Detention
Tags Share I join the chorus of voices in expressing profound concern regarding the ongoing detention conditions of Georgia’s ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili amid recent reports of his possible poisoning and increasingly deteriorating health as confirmed by the country’s Public Defender. Like all sovereign nations, the Georgian government has an obligation under international human rights law…
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Criminal Complaint Filed in Germany against Myanmar Generals for Atrocity Crimes
Tags Share (BANGKOK, January 24, 2023)—Fortify Rights and 16 individual complainants from Myanmar filed a criminal complaint with the Federal Public Prosecutor General of Germany under the principle of universal jurisdiction against senior Myanmar military generals and others for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, Fortify Rights announced today. The 215-page complaint and more…
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African Commission Found that Zimbabwe Violated Fundamental Freedoms: Zimbabwe Must Immediately Implement the Commission’s Decision and Guarantee Better Human Rights Protection
Tags Share January 5, 2023 The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights recently issued a positive and precedent-setting decision in Communication 446/13 between Jennifer Williams, Magodonga Mahlangu, and Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) and the Republic of Zimbabwe (“the WOZA case”). Finding that the government of Zimbabwe violated the applicants’ rights to freedom of…
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In Memoriam: Scott Minerd
Tags Share We extend our deepest condolences and prayers to the family, friends and colleagues of our Board Member Scott Minerd. Scott’s heroic heart and enormous generosity touched the lives of all he knew, as well as countless strangers who he helped throughout the years. His brilliance and vision, business acumen and boundless compassion were…
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Civil Society Organizations Condemn Collective Expulsions from the Dominican Republic And Call for Their Immediate End
Tags Share Santo Domingo, Washington D.C.December, 2022. We, the undersigned organizations, express extreme concern regarding the collective expulsion of people, including children, adolescents and pregnant women, to Haiti by the authorities of the Dominican Republic. This measure is part of a series of actions proposed by the President of the Dominican Republic to address migration…
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Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil Condenan Expulsiones Colectivas de República Dominicana y Llaman a su Cese Inmediato
Tags Share Santo Domingo, Washington D.C.Diciembre 2022 Las organizaciones firmantes expresamos extrema preocupación frente a la expulsión colectiva a Haití de personas, incluyendo niños, niñas y adolescentes y mujeres embarazadas, por parte de las autoridades de la República Dominicana. Dicha medida forma parte de una serie de acciones planteadas por el Presidente de la República…
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IACHR submits case presented by RFK Human Rights and CERJ on human rights defenders who were disappeared during the internal armed conflict in Guatemala before the Inter-American Court
Tags Share November 2, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights formally began processing the case of Pérez Lucas et al. v. Guatemala, submitted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on September 26, 2022. The case refers to the forced disappearance of four human rights defenders in 1989 whose whereabouts are unknown to date.…
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CIDH somete caso de RFK Human Rights y CERJ sobre defensores desaparecidos durante el conflicto armado interno en Guatemala ante la Corte Interamericana
Tags Share El 2 de noviembre, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos dio inicio formal al trámite del caso Pérez Lucas y otros Vs. Guatemala, sometido por la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) el 26 de septiembre de 2022. El caso se refiere a la desaparición forzada de cuatro defensores de derechos humanos en…
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