Our Voices
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Calling for the Release of Malawian Human Rights Defender Gift Trapence
Tags Share We are human rights and health organizations gravely concerned by the arrest on July 8 of Mr. Gift Trapence, the Vice-Chairperson of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and the Executive Director of the Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP), a Malawian civil society organization. We are calling for the immediate release…
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The Opportunity Cost of Incarceration
Tags Share At the 2019 Compass Investor Conference, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Chief Operating Officer Michael Schreiber moderated a panel on the economic impact and opportunity costs of mass incarceration. Joined by Vera Institute of Justice Vice President Insha Raman, Kadens Family Foundation Chair Pete Kadens, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Staff Attorney…
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Three Texas Organizations Helping Immigrant Families Receive RFK Human Rights Award
Tags Share To cheers of “Sí, Se Puede,” (“Yes, we can”) three organizations that work closely with immigrant families at the nation’s southern border were honored Thursday with the 2019 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. The three recipients are South Texas groups: the Angry Tías and Abuelas of the Río Grande Valley; the Detained…
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Protecting the Historic Archive of the National Police
Tags Share Guatemala City, Washington D.C., Geneva, and San Jose, May 30, 2019. As international organizations we express our profound concern regarding the risks facing the Historic Archive of the National Police (Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional, AHPN) in Guatemala, given the recent declarations of the Minister of the Interior, who announced that the…
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The Dominican Republic Must Respect and Protect the IAHRS
Tags Share Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, May 29, 2019 – The undersigned organizations express our concern regarding the State’s rejection of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ recent resolution with respect to the Dominican Republic, in which the Court reiterated its jurisdiction to hear cases against that State. The Inter-American Court determined that the Dominican…
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Statement on Detention of Al Jazeera Journalist Mahmoud Hussein
Tags Share As soon as we learned of Mahmoud Hussein’s incarceration, we knew he was wrongfully detained. That’s why we brought his case to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, who ruled in agreement last January. Today, after years of inaction, the Egyptian government finally moved to act in accordance with the international ruling.…
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RFK Human Rights Condemns the Arrest and Continued Detention of Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights strongly condemns the arrest and continued detention of Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, founder of the Human Dignity Film Institute, which puts on the annual Human Rights/Human Dignity International Film Festival in Myanmar and produces documentaries and films on human rights issues. Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi was…
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Attacks on the Inter-American Human Rights System
Tags Share More than 200 organizations and people have signed on to a call urging Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Paraguay to cease their actions aimed at restricting the effectiveness of the bodies of the Interamerican Human Rights System (IAHRS). The Americas, May 2, 2019 – The undersigned organizations, members of the International Coalition of…
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Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on Freedom of Assembly
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’s written submission is in preparation of the General Comment on Article 21 (right to peaceful assembly) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. READ FULL SUBMISSION HERE
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Deserves Ongoing U.S. Support
Cutting or eliminating U.S. funding would put the IACHR at a severe disadvantage in uplifting core values in the American Hemisphere—democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
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Joint Statement on Detention of Univision Journalists
As organizations in defense of Freedom of Expression worldwide, we condemn the intimidation and censorship of Nicolás Maduro to Univision journalists.
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National Guard Model in Mexico Violates International Law
Tags Share We express our deep concern about the possible reform of the Mexican constitution to create a National Guard as a new public security body, a measure that would aggravate the militarization of security in Mexico. Read our full press release below: ENGLISH SPANISH
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