Our Voices
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Honduras Responsible for Trans Woman’s Murder, Human Rights Court Rules
The ruling sets a legal precedent across Latin American, which has the highest concentration of trans murders in the world.
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UIC Alumni Win 2021 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
Tags Share “Brody Ford, a 2020 University of Illinois Chicago graduate in political science and communication, and Nicole Sroka, a 2021 UIC graduate in criminology, law and justice and communication, were among a team of 35 student-journalists from Arizona State University’s Carnegie-Knight News21 program to win the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. The award-winning…
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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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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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International Court Rules in Favor of Trans Rights in Honduras
Tags Share The landmark decision from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights could have far-reaching implications for LGBTQ+ rights across Latin America. Read the full article
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Louisiana ICE Jail Under Fire Over Claims of Abuse
RFK Human Rights’ staff attorney Sarah Decker spoke with KLFY in Louisiana on our latest immigration report.
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New York Times: Court Rules in Favor of Trans Rights in Honduras
What comes next is ensuring that the Court orders are implemented and that the roadmap it lays out is followed by other governments in Latin America and beyond.
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In Solidarity with the Uyghur Community
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights strongly condemns the perpetration of gross violations of human rights against Uyghur and other Muslim minority communities.
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