Our Voices
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Colombia’s Response to IACHR Raises Concern
Times of crisis cannot be used as an excuse to permit and facilitate human rights violations.
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RFK Human Rights Expresa Preocupación Por La Respuesta Del Estado a La Comisión Interamericana De Derechos Humanos
Tags Share Después de meses de manifestaciones masivas en Colombia y la dispersión violenta de las protestas por parte de las fuerzas de seguridad, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights está profundamente preocupada por la respuesta del Estado colombiano al informe y las recomendaciones de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) tras su visita al…
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Venezuelan Authorities Should Immediately Release Human Rights Defenders
RFK Human Rights joins the undersigned organizations in rejecting the detention and incarceration of three human rights defenders from the NGO Fundacion Redes (Fundaredes).
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Venezuela: Las Autoridades Deben Liberar de Inmediato a los Defensores de Derechos Humanos
Tags Share Las detenciones arbitrarias, la negación del derecho a una defensa razonable, la obstrucción de la justicia y el debido proceso, y el uso de la justicia como herramienta de persecución política pueden constituir crímenes de lesa humanidad, reconocidos por Naciones Unidas. Las organizaciones abajo firmantes rechazan rotundamente y expresan su profunda preocupación por…
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Texas Community Bail Funds Grow
Tags Share Sparked by protests following George Floyd’s murder, bail funds have experienced a surge of attention and fundraising. Just last summer, bail funds received over $90 million in donations—including $1 million from RFK Human Rights and Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp—to support their urgent work freeing people from pretrial detention. The Dallas Morning…
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VICE News: Honduran Government Responsible for Trans Woman’s Murder
Tags Share Trans activist Vicky Hernández was just 26 years old when she was killed by Honduran security forces in 2009. Her death, like countless other trans women who have been murdered in the region, was never properly investigated and while the state claimed an autopsy had been conducted, the family was never provided with…
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Honduras Ordered to Pay Reparations to Family of Trans Woman Killed by Police
Tags Share Twelve long years after trans activist Vicky Hernandez was killed by Honduran security forces, her family is finally getting a measure of justice. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ruled that Honduras must acknowledge its responsibility for her 2009 murder and re-open an investigation into her case, begin tracking anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes,…
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We’re Setting a Precedent for Trans Rights
Tags Share Dear Friends, This is a monumental moment in RFK Human Rights’ history, and we wanted you to be among the first to know. After years of litigation on behalf of the family of Vicky Hernández, a trans activist who was murdered in Honduras in 2009, we’re proud to announce that the Inter-American Court…
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The Guardian: Honduran State Responsible for Trans Woman’s Murder
While transphobia in Latin America remains pervasive and deadly, RFK Human Rights’ Angelita Baeyens says the Court’s decision brings hope for change.
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BBC: Court Says Honduras to Blame for Trans Woman’s Murder
Tags Share After RFK Human Rights and Cattachas brought Vicky Hernandez’s case before the Inter-American Court, it delivered a landmark ruling holding Honduras responsible for her murder. Read the full article here. Module type not found: newsArticles
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Honduras Ordered to Track LGBTQ+ Hate Crimes
Tags Share “After Honduran trans activist Vicky Hernández was targeted and killed for her gender identity in 2009, the country experienced a wave of unprecedented violence against the LGBTQ+ community. More than 300 LGBTQ+ people have been killed in the country in the decade since and few, if any, of these cases have been properly…
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Honduras Responsible for Trans Woman’s Murder, International Court Rules
Tags Share “RFK Human Rights and Red Lésbica Cattrachas won a landmark ruling before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on behalf of the family of Vicky Hernández. Vicky, a 26-year-old Honduran trans woman, was targeted and killed by state security forces in 2009 during the country’s coup d’etat. Her death set off a wave…
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