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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces 2022 Book and Journalism Awards Winners
Tags Share NEW YORK, MAY 24, 2022 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the winners of its 2022 RFK Book and Journalism Awards during a virtual ceremony emceed by Michael Beschloss with remarks by Kerry Kennedy and featuring special guest presenters Kimberly Adams, Dan Blackburn, Doug Brinkley, Margaret Engel, Annette Gordon-Reed, John Harwood,…
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Asunto: Solicitud a la Corte para que adopte medidas para defender la independencia del juez Miguel Angel Gálvez
Tags Share Washington, D.C. 18 de mayo de 2022 Señora Magistrada Silvia Patricia Valdéz Quesada Presidenta de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la República de Guatemala Asunto: Solicitud a la Corte para que adopte medidas para defender la independencia del juez Miguel Angel Gálvez Estimada Señora Magistrada Presidenta, Reciba un cordial saludo de la…
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Empresa minera ‘Yanococha’ debe responder por violaciones de derechos humanos
Tags Share El International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), y el Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFK Human Rights) se dirigieron al Juzgado Constitucional de la Corte Superior de Justicia de Lima para expresar su apoyo a la apelación de amparo presentada por la Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) en un caso relacionado con…
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Mining company ‘Yanococha’ must be held accountable for human rights violations
Tags Share The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), and the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) intervened before the Constitutional Court of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima to express their support for an Amparo appeal filed by the National Coordinator of Human Rights (CNDDHH) in a case regarding human rights violations committed…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces 2022 Human Rights Award Laureates
Tags Share WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 2022 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced Cameroonian human rights defenders Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe and Felix Agbor Nkongho (Balla) as the 2022 recipients of its annual Human Rights Award. A ceremony honoring the two laureates will take place Tuesday, June 7 at 2pm in the Kennedy…
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This Teacher Appreciation Day, we’re showcasing what our educators are writing
Tags Share Two Speak Truth to Power educators have contributed to new books on social justice and implementing a human rights curriculum in the classroom. Robin DeLuca-Acconi, assistant dean for student services in the School of Social Welfare at Stony Brook University, has written a chapter with her former colleague, Denise Campbell, assistant superintendent for…
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L.A. high school second to adopt whole-school model for human rights education
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights staff and a group of educators in Los Angeles formally began a new partnership in late April as the Business in Artivism Management (BAM) Learning Community at Edward Roybal Learning Center prepares to become the nation’s second “human rights centered school.” The initiative involves centering human rights education…
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Frank Mugisha: RFK Human Rights Award gave Uganda’s LGBTQ+ community international prominence
Tags Share By Ohimai Amaize One evening in the spring of 2011, Frank Mugisha was in the middle of work mobilizing advocacy against Uganda’s anti-gay legislation when he received a phone call. It was Ethel Kennedy, founder of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights on the line. Mugisha, who heads Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG)—the country’s largest…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights joins Somali organizations in calling for the immediate release of detained journalists in Somaliland
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights joins the Somali Journalists Syndicate and the Somali Media Association in condemning the retaliatory detention of 15 journalists in Hargeisa, and calls on Somaliland authorities to immediately release the three detained journalists who remain in detention. On April 13, Somaliland police and intelligence service officers arrested a group…
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Ex jueza Erika Aifán de Guatemala se une a RFK Human Rights como Distinguida Asociada Visitante
Tags Share Contacto: Isabel C. Roby Roby@rfkhumanrights.org Washington, D.C. 19 de abril, 2022- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights tiene el honor de dar la bienvenida a la Ex jueza Erika Aifán como Distinguida Asociada Visitante. La Dra. Aifán trabajará en estrecha colaboración con el equipo de Incidencia y Litigio Internacional y ayudará a ampliar el…
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Former Judge Erika Aifán from Guatemala joins RFK Human Rights as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Tags Share Contact: Emma Gillett gillett@rfkhumanrights.org Washington, D.C., April 19, 2022 –– Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is honored to welcome former Judge Erika Aifán as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow. Dr. Aifán will be working closely with the International Litigation and Advocacy team and will help expand its work on the rule of law, human…
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Six Month Anniversary Del Rio report Details a Living Legacy of Anti-Haitian Discrimination in U.S. Immigration System
Tags Share WASHINGTON, D.C.–Six months after photos revealed mounted Border Patrol agents chasing and grabbing Haitian migrants to prevent them from bringing food to their families, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Haitian Bridge Alliance have released a new report unveiling the full scope of the abuses that occurred in Del Rio, Texas, and…
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