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How to Embrace a Data-Driven Shift Toward ESG
Tags Share If you weren’t able to make it to our spring investor summit, which was held March 16-17, 2021, or you missed some of the sessions, you can catch up here by reading about the most critical takeaways. ABOUT COMPASS LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SUMMIT SUMMIT RECORDINGS SUMMIT PROGRAM BOOK CONTACT OUR TEAM
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Amicus Brief Calls for Colombia to Better Protect Journalists
In our amicus brief with GW Law School, we argue that the State of Colombia had a reinforced due diligence duty to prevent and investigate the violence suffered by Bedoya for being a woman, a journalist, and a human rights defender in the country’s armed conflict context.
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Bangladesh: ‘Golden Jubilee’ Should Be Turning Point on Human Rights
Tags Share (New York, March 26, 2021) – Governments joining the celebrations to mark the 50th Founding Anniversary of Bangladesh and to honor the birth centenary of independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 26, 2021, should know that Bangladeshis are enduring an escalating crackdown on human rights by the Awami League-led government, a group…
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New Trans Rights Lesson Plan for Teachers
The free classroom resource, produced in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, equips and engages students to become better allies of the LGBTQ community.
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Colombia: Ensure Justice for Killed Protester
Colombian authorities should respect the right of peaceful assembly and ensure independent investigations of the police and its use of force against protesters.
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Colombia Debe Asegurar Justicia Por Homicidio De Manifestante
Human Rights Watch Y Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Presentan Amicus Ante Corte Constitucional
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UN Petition: Arbitrary Detention of Paul Rusesabagina
Tags Share On March 16, 2021, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Choharis Law Group jointly submitted a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of Paul Rusesabagina. Mr. Rusesabagina is a prominent humanitarian and political activist who was kidnapped by Rwandan authorities on August 27, 2020, held incommunicado, and…
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Call for Independent Investigation into Rwandan Singer’s Death
Open Letter to All Commonwealth Heads of Government
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Joint Call for a Global Arms Embargo on Myanmar
An Open Letter to the Un Security Council and Individual UN Member States
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Introducing New Speak Truth to Power Spoken Word Contest
Tags Share For a decade, students have been advocating for and defending human rights through our video and songwriting contests. This year, we are expanding our arts-focused programs to include a spoken word contest, providing an additional avenue for middle and high school students to engage in defending human rights and our democracy, and to…
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Urging the State Dept to Protect Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share We joined 80 civil society organizations from 31 countries have signed a letter urging the U.S. Secretary of State and State Department to prioritize the protection of human rights defenders globally. What does this look like? Adopting a policy to protect human rights defenders, working with allied governments, and encouraging responsible business conduct…
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Egypt: Journalist Mahmoud Hussein Released From Arbitrary Detention
Hussein’s case highlights the urgent need to advance press freedoms in Egypt, one of the world’s most oppressive countries for journalists.
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