Our Voices
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RFKHR Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza
Tags Share We are deeply alarmed by the mounting death tolls in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the bloodshed. Israeli forces & Palestinian armed groups must protect civilian lives and cease all hostilities to avoid further death and destruction.
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Kerry Kennedy Named 2023 Freedom Award Recipient
Tags Share Memphis Magazine features our president Kerry Kennedy as one of the 2023 Freedom Award recipients from the National Civil Rights Museum.
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Freedom of Opinion and Expression: A Human Rights-focused conversation on book bans
Tags Share During a time when over 1,477 books have been banned nationwide, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights held an in depth conversation about book banning and its implications for the nation’s schools and beyond as part of its Speak Truth To Power’s Fall 2023 Speaker Series. Rebecca Stephens, Human Rights Education Manager introduced the…
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Estado mexicano debería esclarecer criminalización de defensoras de derechos humanos
Tags Share Las organizaciones abajo firmantes expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación por la falta de esclarecimiento y sanción hasta la fecha de los actos de criminalización, incluyendo la obtención indebida de registros telefónicos, a las defensoras de derechos humanos Ana Lorena Delgadillo (directora y fundadora de la Fundación para la Justicia y el Estado Democrático de…
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Mexico Should Address Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share The undersigned organizations express our deep concern at the continuing lack of accountability for acts of criminalization, including undue investigation of cell phone records, against human rights defenders Ana Lorena Delgadillo (director and founder of the Foundation for Justice and the Democratic Rule of Law (FJEDD)), Mercedes Doretti (scientist and expert in cases…
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Egypt: RFK Human Rights Calls for the Immediate Release of Mahmoud Hussein
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights strongly condemns the re-arrest and arbitrary detention of Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, who already spent over two years in pretrial detention for wearing an anti-torture t-shirt. We are deeply concerned by reports of Mahmoud’s deteriorating health and demand his immediate and unconditional release. We also call upon the…
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Dominican Republic: for 10 years now, thousands of people are still deprived of their nationality
Tags Share Santo Domingo, Washington D.C.: September 25, 2023. In the face of the largest deprivation of nationality in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, the undersigned organizations demand that the Dominican government respect, promote, and protect the human rights of Dominicans of Haitian descent affected by Ruling TC-169-13 of the Constitutional Court…
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República Dominicana: desde hace 10 años, miles de personas continúan privadas de su nacionalidad
Tags Share Santo Domingo, Washington D.C.: Septiembre 25, 2023. Frente a la privación de nacionalidad más grande en la historia de América Latina y el Caribe, las organizaciones firmantes exigimos al gobierno dominicano a respetar, promover y proteger los derechos humanos de las personas dominicanas de ascendencia haitiana afectadas por la Sentencia TC-169-13 del Tribunal…
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Kateryna Yushchenko on “war fatigue,” ongoing peace agreements, and Ukrainian perseverance
Tags Share We in Ukraine continue to be angry, worried, sad and tired, but, as before, hopeful. Angry because the death and destruction continues. The Russians are targeting port facilities, thus limiting grain shipments and exacerbating the world food crisis, especially in Africa and the Middle East. They continue to target schools and hospitals, and…
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New school year, new video contest: 2024 submissions now open!
Tags Share Without question, a highlight every year is the screening of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ Speak Truth to Power video contest winners at the TriBeCa Festival. Over more than ten years, students from across the country and internationally have submitted films addressing the full spectrum of human rights issues. Students are bold and…
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Educator at the Blanton Museum of Art, Carlen Floyd Describes a Roundabout Path to Making Art History and Education Her Life’s Work
Tags Share As the Museum Educator for School Programs at the Blanton Museum of Art, located on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, I would love to tell you that I’ve had a lifelong devotion to art, that I studied art history and art education, that I have always given art the…
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International Equal Pay Day
Tags Share From the service industry to the C-suite, women face a persistent – and startling – pay disparity compared to their male coworkers, particularly white, male co-workers. September 18 marks International Equal Pay Day, a day designed to build upon the United Nations’ commitment to human rights and against all forms of discrimination, including…
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