Litigation
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Horrific Detention Conditions in Bahamas
The detention of Hatian-descended people in Nassau’s Carmichael Road Detention Center violates a host of human rights.
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Femicide Reform Sought in Mexico
Cristina Escobar González’s murder spotlights ongoing impunity for those who commit violence against women in Mexico.
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African Democracy at Stake in Ethiopia
The definition of free and fair elections across Africa may be determined by this case.
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Impunity Persists For Rekia Boyd’s Killer
RFK Human Rights is not done fighting for the 22-year-old black woman killed by a police officer in Chicago.
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Hope For Domestic Violence Policy Reform
Jessica Lenahan’s three kidnapped daughters died when police refused to take her domestic distress calls seriously.
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Trans Murder Goes Uninvestigated
Police refused to investigate Leonela Zelaya’s case for 14 years, exhibiting the Honduran State’s disregard for trans people.
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Femicide Remains Rampant in Mexico
When these seven women were murdered or disappeared, the only thing police could find were excuses not to help.
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Murder Sparks Femicide Reform
Like far too many other women, Claudina Isabel Velásquez Paiz was “a victim whose murder should not be investigated.”
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Four Human Rights Defenders Disappeared
Whereabouts of members of CERJ, which works endlessly to protect indigenous Guatemalans’ rights.
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Undaunted, WOZA Fights For Women’s Rights
Jenni Williams, Magodonga Mahlangu, and Women of Zimbabwe Arise contend with constant arbitrary detentions and violence.
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Dominicans of Haitian descent in Dominican Face Statelessness
Juliana Deguis Pierre’s simple attempt to get ID card could leave hundreds of thousands without a country.
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Protecting Dominicans of Haitian descent in the Dominican
When a new law rendered all Dominican people born to undocumented immigrants stateless, RFK Human Rights took action.
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