Our Voices
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Building the Foundation: Accurately Understanding the Landscape of Injustice in Venezuela as the Investigation Resumes
Tags Share Leer en español. On June 27, following a deferral request filed by the Venezuelan government under Article 18(2) of the Rome Statute that resulted in over a year-long suspension, Pre-Trial Chamber I (“The Chamber”) of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) granted authorization for the Office of the Prosecutor to resume its investigation into…
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Pride’s #BookBan Legacy: Speaking Truth to Power
Tags Share Pride has long been known as a joyous celebration of queer life and love, a time for the LGBTQ+ community to come together without fear. Unfortunately, Pride 2023 has felt like less of a celebration and more of a reminder: the struggle for queer existence is not over. From drag bans to policies…
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BANGLADESH: Accountability is a must for ending torture and impunity
Tags Share Bangkok/Dhaka/Geneva/ Hong Kong/ Kuala Lumpur/Manila/Melbourne/Washington, D.C.: 24 June 2023: On the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, we, the undersigned organisations, are extremely concerned over the ongoing use of torture and degrading treatment in Bangladesh by law-enforcement agencies and security forces, and the…
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Oswaldo Payá Case: Briefing on the Recent IACHR Decision
Tags Share After a decade-long battle for justice, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) just released a landmark decision holding the Cuban government responsible for the assassination of pro-democracy leaders Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero in 2012. Following this news, we invite you to join us today at 2:00 pm for a briefing on…
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‘The Cuban regime killed my father’ – dissident’s daughter
Tags Share Angelita Baeyens, our VP of International Advocacy & Litigation, speaks with the BBC about the Cuban government’s culpability in the death of pro-democracy leader Oswaldo Payá. “They wanted to silence him [Payá] but they could not kill him in a way which would make it too obvious that the state was behind it.”
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UN Peacekeeping Chief Urged to Raise Rights Concerns in Bangladesh Visit
Tags Share Speaking with Voice of America, Angelita Baeyens urges the U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix to “publicly and unequivocally state his concern” about rights abuses by Bangladesh’s security forces when he visits the south Asian country later this month.
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Joe Kennedy III asks RFK Compass Investors to place their bets on Northern Ireland
Tags Share The Kennedy family has been a symbol of Irish American prosperity for more than 100 years. On Wednesday evening, Joseph P. Kennedy III – U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland – sought to reorient investors toward the homeland and spotlight what Northern Ireland has to offer during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights…
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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.
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights staff attorney Delia Addo-Yobo, legal fellow Daniel Tse, and John Lewis Young Leader Lucina Kayee were able to meet with a United Nations delegation in May to shine a light on human rights violations against Black people in the U.S. – both American citizens and migrants seeking asylum…
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Jeffrey M. Siminoff—Protecting workers from the immediate short- and long-term effects of extreme climate and weather
Tags Share Read the letter to the editor on The Washington Post here. Regarding the June 9 front-page article “Hazardous air quality takes a toll on outdoor workers”: The airborne effects of the Canadian fires have shown the United States is largely unprepared when it comes to protecting workers from the immediate short- and long-term…
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RFK Compass Investors Panel discusses how to rebuild Ukraine, today
Tags Share More than a year into Russia’s war against Ukraine, daily bombings are commonplace. So is the Ukrainian people’s indomitable spirit. But this ongoing war must not be viewed passively, as something that’s happening far away, members of one of Tuesday’s first panels at the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Compass Summer Investors Conference…
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Cuba Is Blamed for Deaths of Rights Activists in 2012
Tags Share On June 12, the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights published a report holding the Cuban government responsible for the assassination of pro-democracy leaders Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero, who were killed after a car crash provoked by Cuban state agents in 2012. Our VP of International Advocacy & Litigation Angelita Baeyens discusses the…
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