Our Voices
-
Exigimos la Inmediata Liberación de la Defensora de Derechos Humanos Rocío San Miguel
Tags Share Exigimos la Inmediata Liberación de la Defensora de Derechos Humanos Rocío San Miguel Febrero 12/2024 Las organizaciones de la sociedad civil y las personas que suscriben este pronunciamiento, expresamos nuestro más firme rechazo a la detención arbitraria y la desaparición forzada por más de 60 horas de la defensora de derechos humanos Rocío…
-
Civil Society Demands the Immediate Release of Venezuelan Human Rights Defender Rocío San Miguel
Tags Share We, the undersigned civil society organizations and individuals, express in the strongest possible terms our rejection of the arbitrary detention and forced disappearance for more than 60 hours of human rights defender Rocío San Miguel, by agents of the Military Counterintelligence Directorate [DGCIM] and the Bolivarian Intelligence Service [SEBIN] of Venezuela. San Miguel,…
-
Lawyer in the Guillermo Cano case
Tags Share Over three decades after the brutal murder of journalist Guillermo Cano, the government of Colombia has finally accepted responsibility for the lack of justice in Cano’s case and offered a public apology to his family. Speaking with Colombian newspaper El Espectador, our VP of International Advocacy & Litigation Angelita Baeyens explains the significance…
-
Five things to know about the Guillermo Cano case
Tags Share On February 9, the Colombian government will finally acknowledge its responsibility for the prevailing impunity in the 1986 murder of renowned newspaper editor Guillermo Cano, one of the reparation measures that has been called for by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Below are five things to know about this key case. 1.…
-
Behind the Headlines: Immigrant Detention in the Blocked Border Security Bill
Tags Share In Washington, a proposed border bill — which would be the most significant updates to immigration law since 1996 — looks to be scuttled for now, but the issue of the border isn’t going anywhere. Let’s take a more detailed look into how the bill proposed to deal with increasing numbers of arriving…
-
Human Rights in Action: the Sustainable Development Goals
Tags Share In our December 2023 newsletter, we celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by providing a very brief history of its creation. To start off the new year, we’re following up with ways to take action to promote and defend the rights outlined in the UDHR by incorporating the…
-
Celebrating our Human Rights Defenders: Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson & Bobby Muller
Tags Share Community organizer and social justice defender Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson advocates for social rights in northeast Tennessee and elsewhere through her work as Co-Executive Director of the influential Highlander Research and Education Center. Social Rights Social rights refer to the dynamic interdependence of individuals in their living and working conditions, encompassing fundamental necessities for…
-
Introducing the Harry Belafonte Memorial Project
Tags Share Upon hearing of the death of Harry Belafonte, we understood the necessity of memorializing Harry beyond his fame and examining him as the man he was. Our three interviewees, Gina Belafonte, Maria Belafonte, and David Goodman, were each able to speak to a more intimate side of Harry, having known him mostly in…
-
In Conversation with Philippe Bolopion, Managing Director, TOBAM
Tags Share Philippe Bolopion recently joined Paris-based asset manager TOBAM as its New York-based Managing Director, LBRTY product leader, and Co-Head of Long-Term Investing. In a conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, he explains how LBRTY draws on academic work to highlight that investing in democracy is more profitable and that nations that respect…
-
Continúan los Avances en Venezuela para Imponer una Ley Contra la Sociedad Civil y Cerrar Definitivamente el Espacio Cívico
Tags Share Las organizaciones y personas abajo firmantes hacemos llegar, una vez más, a la comunidad nacional e internacional nuestra alarma y profundo rechazo a la “Ley de Fiscalización, Regularización, Actuación y Financiamiento de las Organizaciones No Gubernamentales y Afines” que la Asamblea Nacional (AN) ha reactivado a través de un aparente proceso de consulta…
-
Bringing Trans and Non-Binary Rights to the Everyday Classroom
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Human Rights Campaign made history this spring, as the organizations partnered to release a free classroom resource aimed at making students better allies of the LGBTQ+ community in their everyday lives. Laura Osterndorf, training manager for RFK Human Rights’ Speak Truth to Power program, was a…
-
The Business of Human Rights and Protections Abroad
Tags Share “We need to protect the journalists,” pleaded Mikhail Gershkovich, father of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich who was arrested by Russia’s Federal Security Service on March 30, 2023, while on assignment. While his detention has been condemned by news organizations, human rights groups, and the Biden administration, Gershkovich has yet to…
Share