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RFK Human Rights Named Tramuto Foundation Gala Honoree
Proceeds raised at the gala will celebrate and support RFK Human Rights’ ongoing work, including its Workplace Dignity program.
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In Support of Colombian Protection Action for Human Rights Defenders
RFK Human Rights presented an amicus brief on the right to defend human rights before the Colombian Constitutional Court.
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Organizaciones De Derechos Humanos Presentan Amicus Curiae en Apoyo a La Tutela Para Personas Defensoras De Derechos Humanos Y Líderes Sociales en Colombia
Tags Share El Servicio Internacional para los Derechos Humanos, Front Line Defenders, el Centro de información Sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos, Women’s Link, Alianza Mundial por la Participación Ciudadana CIVICUS y Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights presentaron un amicus curiae sobre el derecho a defender derechos como derecho autónomo ante la Corte Constitucional de Colombia…
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Texas: Why We Oppose HB 20
HB 20’s mandated use of pretrial risk assessment tools would funnel even more Black, Brown, and low-income people into Texas’s overcrowded jails.
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RFK Human Rights Partners With Skytop Strategies
The new partnership further extends RFK Human Rights’ global network, engaging a new community of business leaders on practices that prioritize the public good.
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How Private Equity Can Help Corporate America Keep its Diversity Pledges
Private equity firms and the investors who back them are in a unique position to help companies diversify their boards, c-suites, and cubicles.
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How the Climate Crisis Impacts Women’s Rights in the Caribbean
Tags Share BY GABRIELA VALENTIN Globally, the climate crisis has a disproportionate impact on women’s access to their human rights. This is certainly the case in the Caribbean, where the climate crisis is worsening existing gender inequities. From Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, to earthquakes in Puerto Rico, and volcanic eruptions in St. Vincent, the…
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Joint Amicus Brief Supports Colombian Protection Action for Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share International Service for Human Rights, Front Line Defenders, (the Center for Information on Business and Human Rights, CIVICUS, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights presented an amicus brief on the right to defend human rights as an autonomous right before the Colombian Constitutional Court on April 21, 2021. Colombia is the most deadly…
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How Cash Bail Robs People of Their Dignity and Resources
A new educational video shows how cash bail punishes the poor long before their day in court.
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Letter to Secretary Blinken on the Human Rights Crisis in Myanmar
Tags Share April 7, 2021 To: Antony Blinken, Secretary of State CC: Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor; Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Jeff Zients, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator; Samantha Power, USAID Administrator Nominee Secretary Blinken: We write as concerned human rights organizations, humanitarian organizations, medical professional associations, labor organizations, and refugee…
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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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