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We call on House Foreign Affairs Committee leaders to hold hearings for Jamal Khashoggi

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Urges Bangladesh not to Forcibly Return Ronhingya Refugees

Bangladeshi Prime Minister responds to Kerry Kennedy

RFK Young Leaders Join Inaugural Titan Generator Summit at SXSW

Written Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee Regarding The Freedom of Assembly

50 Civil Society Organizations and Experts Join Calls for Continued U.S. Funding of Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Joint statement on detention of Univision journalists at the Miraflores Palace

RFK Human Rights Joins Coalition to Create the Titan Generator

We Join International Organizations to Denounce the Proposed National Guard Model in Mexico

Call for Applications: Civic Space Litigation Surgery

Reform to the NGO Law promoted by Guatemala’s Congress violates the Rights to Freedom of Association and Expression

Memorandum of Support for the 2019 Discovery for Justice Reform Act

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights posts bail on behalf of named plaintiffs in a federal civil rights class action attacking unconstitutional pretrial detention

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Welcomes Jane Alexander and Kathryn Erbe to the Leadership Council

The Dominican Republic will have to respond on human rights obligations before the United Nations

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Condemns Violent Crackdown on Protests in Zimbabwe

Punitive Pretrial Detention in Egypt

RFK Calls for the Absolute Respect of the Right to Peaceful Protest in Venezuela

Statement by international organizations dedicated to the protection of Human Rights in Guatemala

International Organizations condemn new initiative to weaken CICIG and the fight against impunity and corruption in Guatemala

Open Letter From Non-Government Organizations In Support Of A Targeted, Global EU Human Rights Sanctions Regime

Open Letter on Bail Principles for 2019

RFK Human Rights Signs Joint Civil Society Letter Asking Ethiopia to Address restrictions in draft CSO Proclamation and protect freedom of association

A new path to justice in Latin America: Inter-American Court sets historic precedent in case of journalist assassinated in Colombia

Despite The Risk, Victims Around the World Speak Out To Help Eliminate Violence Against Women

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Welcomes Reneé Fleming and Scott Wolf to the Leadership Council

Coalition Letter to the High Commissioner for Human Rights Regarding Bangladesh

International Observatory on Mexico: The Decision of Mexico’s Supreme Court on the Internal Security Law Will Set a Fundamental Precedent on Militarization in the Country and in the Region

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Hosts 29th Annual Charity Golf Tournament in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts

Obstacles in Trial of Those Accused of Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres' Murder Put Justice for Berta at risk

Delegation from Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Travels to Mexico, Speaking with Victims of Human Rights Abuses in Guerrero

Meet Carlos: A RFK Young Leader Who Wants You to Talk About Mental Health

Remembering Bill Barry

New Advocacy Manual on Right to Nationality in the Dominican Republic

Statement from the Cano Busquets family and the organizations working on the case on the murder of Guillermo Cano

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Africa-based Human Rights Organizations Submit Amicus to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

STTP Educator Spotlight: Robin DeLuca Acconi

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights announces mass bail out action of hundreds of incarcerated women and youth

Organizations reject attacks against CICIG and demand respect for the rule of law and judicial independence in Guatemala

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Welcomes Finding by International Criminal Court that it has Jurisdiction over Crimes Against Rohingya Population

Q & A with 2018 Speak Up, Sing Out Music Contest Winner Ming-An Fasquelle

What We’re Reading: Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson

Western Sahara Media Worker Is Arbitrarily Detained, United Nations Body Determines

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Discovery Education Launch ‘Speak Truth to Power’ In School Initiative to Engage the Next Generation of Human Rights Defenders

Treasury Sanctions Commanders and Units of the Burmese Security Forces for Serious Human Rights Abuses

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights' Statement of Opposition to "California Money Bail Reform Act" of 2017 (SB 10)

Statement regarding call for release of Dr Shahidul Alam and Students in Bangladesh

Three Years after Mayor De Blasio’s solitary ban, youth remain in solitary confinement.

2018 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Laureates Announced

President Barack Obama, Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, and Humana CEO Bruce D. Broussard to Receive 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award

The Bonfilio Rubio Villegas case: An example of the relationship between military checkpoints and gross human rights violations in Mexico

Statement from Kerry Kennedy on today’s missed deadline for family reunification

The 9th Annual RFKennedy Compass Investor Conference in Hyannis Port

Private prisons win big under Trump's 'Zero Tolerance' immigration policy

Kerry Kennedy: Reflections from Myanmar & Bangladesh

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Joins Letter Urging Secretary Pompeo to Prioritize Human Rights During Visit to Mexico

The Need for Trouble: Finding Meaning & Momentum as an Intern with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

Speak Truth to Power's Swedish Young Ambassadors

International Observatory Welcomes the Conviction of Two Soldiers for Sexual Torture against Valentina Rosendo in Mexico

In Memory of Vicky Hernandez: A Long Struggle for Justice

Mexico’s Presidential Election: a Critical Moment for Human Rights

Kerry Kennedy To Kick-Off Immigration Fast and Prayer Chain

Statement from Advocates & Communities regarding Senate Bail Reform Proposal in "Big Ugly" Bill S9097

THE IAPA AND ROBERT F. KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS CELEBRATE LANDMARK RULING FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN THE AMERICAS

Speak Up Sing Out Music Contest Announcement

El caso Valentina Rosendo Cantú: oportunidad única de frenar la impunidad en casos de abusos militares

Dreams Still Deferred: Assessing the Situation One Year After Our Report on Denationalization in the Dominican Republic

The Lasting Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education

Statement on Government Shutdown of Sexual Minorities Uganda's event commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia

Civil society calls on the Tanzanian Government to address rapidly deteriorating environment for media, human rights defenders, and opposition party members

2018 Human Rights Award Winners Announced

Honoring March for Our Lives, Color of Change, United We Dream, & International Indigenous Youth Council

New Amnesty International Egyptian Solitary Confinement Report Features Testimony from Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights' Clients

Happy National Teacher Appreciation Day!

Illinois Holocaust Museum Training

Spotlight On: Educator Michelle Haddix

Joint Letter Calls on State Department to Correct Numerous Errors in 2017 Western Sahara Human Rights Report

FULL LIST: 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Award Winners

Commemorating World Press Freedom Day By Seeking Justice Around the Globe

A Dollar Makes A Difference

En el caso Alvarado, la Corte Interamericana considerara las desaparaciones forzadas en Mexico

2018 Speak Truth to Power Student Video Contest winners featured at Tribeca Film Festival

European States and US must take measures to protect Egyptian human rights defenders, both home and abroad

STTP Video Contest Announcement

Nelson Carvajal: Twenty Years of Impunity and the hope for a safer environment for journalists in Colombia and Latin America

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and 39 Leading NGOs Urge South Korea to Press Human Rights Issues in Talks with North Korea

Dispatch from the 6th International Conference on the Peoples’ Right to Resistance: The Case of the Sahrawi People

Statement on the syrian government's use of chemical weapons

WE URGE GUATEMALA TO PRIORITIZE ARMED CONFLICT CASES

Herron High School commemorates Dr. King's legacy with new Speak Truth to Power lesson plan

Civil society organisations deeply concerned about attack on Mozambique human rights defender and threats to press freedom in Mozambique

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights participates in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

The African Union must respond to freedom of expression concerns across the continent

Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation works to bring human rights into Greek classrooms

Bangladesh: Civil society decries mass arrests amid worsening human rights situation

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights holds important hearing on implications of Mexico’s new Internal Security Law

Call for Applications: Civic Space Litigation Surgery

10 - 11 May 2018, Dakar, Senegal

International Women’s Day: Women’s Leadership in Advancing Human Rights

Open letter from Kerry Kennedy to Secretary General Guterres on Iranian protests

A Promise in Peril: How widespread rights violations undermine Zimbabwe's elections

On Valentine’s Day, Zimbabweans fight for the right to peacefully protest