Justice

We collaborate with local partners around the world to confront systematic abuses, often after all else has failed.

We fight mass incarceration in American society by exposing and stopping serious human rights abuses in the U.S. criminal and immigration systems. We work for systemic change that guarantees respect for everyone’s human rights.


Women murdered with systematic impunity for their killers. Protesters surveilled and tortured by police. Journalists jailed for speaking truth to power. With authoritarianism on the rise, we collaborate with local partners around the world to confront widespread abuses, often after all else has failed.


At Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, we work with frontline advocates to hold governments accountable for human rights violations and to secure structural changes that ensure equality in law and practice. Give today to stand with us, and with the bravest human rights defenders in the world. 

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New year, new us. Same mission.

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is rebranding to honor the legacy of our founder and hero, Mrs. Ethel Skakel Kennedy. From now on, we will proudly be known as the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center

While our name is changing, our mission and work remain the same. We will continue to fight injustice, advance human rights, and hold governments accountable around the world in 2026 and beyond.