International Human Rights Advocacy

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Treaty bodies, special mechanisms, and multilateral commissions of the United Nations and Organization of American States uphold international human rights law. We file petitions and testify at hearings that bring international human rights law home.

August 30, 2022
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Human rights groups mark release of new United Nations report on racial discrimination in U.S. immigration system

Learn more: Human rights groups mark release of new United Nations report on racial discrimination in U.S. immigration system
July 28, 2022
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Shadow Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Learn more: Shadow Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
August 12, 2022
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Human rights groups support United Nations in confronting U.S. government on racially discriminatory immigration policies

Learn more: Human rights groups support United Nations in confronting U.S. government on racially discriminatory immigration policies
February 28, 2023
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Human Rights Organizations Urge United Nations to Review Abusive Solitary Confinement Practices in California, New York, Louisiana, and Minnesota

Learn more: Human Rights Organizations Urge United Nations to Review Abusive Solitary Confinement Practices in California, New York, Louisiana, and Minnesota
June 15, 2023
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RFKHR attorney, legal fellow meet with U.N. delegation on human rights violations of Black people, asylum seekers in U.S.

Learn more: RFKHR attorney, legal fellow meet with U.N. delegation on human rights violations of Black people, asylum seekers in U.S.
March 9, 2023
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Human Rights Organizations Testify Before Inter-American Commission on the United States Government’s Ongoing Abusive Practice of Deporting Individuals to Haiti

Learn more: Human Rights Organizations Testify Before Inter-American Commission on the United States Government’s Ongoing Abusive Practice of Deporting Individuals to Haiti
August 15, 2022
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Request for Thematic Hearing on Deportations of Haitian Nationals from the U.S. to Haiti During the 185th Period of Sessions of the IACHR

Learn more: Request for Thematic Hearing on Deportations of Haitian Nationals from the U.S. to Haiti During the 185th Period of Sessions of the IACHR
August 9, 2023
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center file briefs with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of Michael Brown and Rekia Boyd’s families

Learn more: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center file briefs with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of Michael Brown and Rekia Boyd’s families
December 15, 2017
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RFK Human Rights Co-Organizes Hearings on Police Killings

Learn more: RFK Human Rights Co-Organizes Hearings on Police Killings
October 5, 2020
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Kerry Kennedy to Testify on Structural Racism and Police Violence

Learn more: Kerry Kennedy to Testify on Structural Racism and Police Violence

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