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New Amicus Brief on the Rights of Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share On February 6th 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, in partnership with the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), Women’s Link Worldwide (WLW) and Unión Nacional de Instituciones para el Trabajo de Acción Social (UNITAS) filed an amicus brief before the Colombian Constitutional Court. In 2019, national civil society presented a constitutional action…
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‘Guerrilla Habeas’ brings inside look at team of lawyers determined to beat deportation cases
Tags Share “Once people are swept up in the detention system, they are essentially disappeared, and people do not see them.” A new documentary, ‘Guerrilla Habeas’, follows our very own Sarah Gillman as she fights to restore human rights and dignity of immigrant communities in the United States. Speaking with MSNBC about the upcoming film,…
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How to keep ESG moving ahead in the face of political madness
Tags Share By Sancia Dalley and Kerry Kennedy Imagine a money manager trying to sell you on their ability to invest your retirement savings. After a long pitch, you say, “ When you invest in a company, do you see first if it has a history of environmental damage? Do you check to see if…
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5 Things to Know About the Brown v. Board of Education Case
Tags Share RFKHumanRights · #RFKHRVoiceArticles | 5 Things to Know About the Brown v. Board of Education Case In the fall of 1950, Oliver Brown, a Black church minister, tried to enroll his daughter Linda at Sumner Elementary School, a few blocks from their home in Topeka, Kansas. But she was denied enrollment because it…
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Rwandan Authorities Should Ensure an Independent Investigation into John Williams Ntwali’s Death
Tags Share January 31, 2023 – Rwandan authorities should allow an independent, impartial, and effective investigation, drawing on international expertise, into the death of John Williams Ntwali, a leading investigative journalist, 90 civil society organizations and media associations said today. Rwanda’s international partners should press the authorities to allow and cooperate fully with such an…
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A human rights defender helps the next generation find their voices
Tags Share New Orleans educator Stephen Bradberry instills human rights values in his students every day with a proactive approach. Bradberry teaches at New Harmony High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was established five years ago and educates 250-300 students with a focus on coastal restoration and preservation – creating a sustainable Louisiana through…
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Human rights education in advisories: How small group learning can foster big change
Tags Share When schools began focusing on building stronger relationships and school communities in the 1990s, one outcome was advisories: structured time for teachers to meet with a small group of students to teach Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies and foster a richer sense of school culture. Advisory groups may meet briefly each day, or for…
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Western Sahara Deserves a Place in Sports Activism
Tags Share The past few months of African soccer have shown the world that Morocco has no qualms with blurring the lines between politics and soccer—particularly as it pertains to disputes over the self-determination of Western Sahara, a territory Morocco has illegally occupied since 1975, after Spain ended its colonial rule over the Sahrawi-owned area.…
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Centering Human Rights Through a Whole School Approach
Tags Share Education is essential to a healthy, democratic society, and informed action for social justice is the result of instruction with intention. This is why Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights partners with schools to provide education and advance a whole school approach grounded in human rights. Through this unique program, we help partner schools…
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International organizations express concern over bill that seeks to criminalize and hinder the work of civil society organizations in Venezuela
Tags Share [Geneva and Washington D.C. 26 January, 2023]. The undersigned organizations express our deep concern over the approval in the first round of a bill that seeks to criminalize and further hinder the work of civil society organizations in Venezuela: Law of Supervision, Regularization, Performance and Financing of Non-Governmental and Related Organizations (Ley de…
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Organizaciones internacionales denuncian proyecto de ley que busca criminalizar y obstaculizar el trabajo de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil en Venezuela
Tags Share [Ginebra y Washington D.C. enero 26 de 2023]. Las organizaciones abajo firmantes expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación por la aprobación en primera vuelta de un proyecto de ley que busca criminalizar y obstaculizar aún más el trabajo de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil en Venezuela: la Ley de Fiscalización, Regularización, Actuación y Financiamiento…
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Criminal Complaint Filed in Germany against Myanmar Generals for Atrocity Crimes
Tags Share (BANGKOK, January 24, 2023)—Fortify Rights and 16 individual complainants from Myanmar filed a criminal complaint with the Federal Public Prosecutor General of Germany under the principle of universal jurisdiction against senior Myanmar military generals and others for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, Fortify Rights announced today. The 215-page complaint and more…
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