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Briefing: ‘Dreams Deferred’
Tags Share The Coordinator of the umbrella organization Dominican@s por Derecho and the Director of the Centro de Desarrollo Sostenible (CEDESO, Center for Sustainable Development), Beneco Enecia requested that Dominican authorities accept the responsibility of finding a definitive solution to the problems Judgment 168/13 has caused tens of thousands of people, particularly as Law 169-14…
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IACHR Grants Admissibility in Mexican Femicide Case
Tags Share On October 6, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights was notified by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of its decision to grant admissibility to six cases of femicide—the murder of women because of their gender—committed in Ciudad Juarez. The IACHR’s admissibility declaration is a critical step in the long fight for justice…
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Dispatch from Mexico
Tags Share BETWEEN OCTOBER 6TH AND 11TH, A DELEGATION FROM ROBERT F. KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS VISITED THREE DIFFERENT REGIONS OF MEXICO TO BRING ATTENTION TO PERSISTENT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. In Ciudad Juárez (state of Chihuahua), the delegation witnessed the impact of widespread violence against women, normalized by impunity. In particular, disappearances of women and high…
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Open Letter to Dominican President Medina on Anniversary of Judgment 168-13
Tags Share Santo Domingo, September 23, 2017 The Honorable Danilo Medina Sánchez President of the RepublicHand Delivered/ Palacio Nacional Distinguished President Medina: The organizations that comprise the Dominican@s por Derecho platform write to communicate our sadness and a clear message to which we have beared witness: Law 169-14 has not resolved the problems created by…
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Judgment 168-13: Four Years Later
Four years after the watershed ruling, Judgment 168-13, we look at the ongoing legal and political struggle to ensure the citizenship rights of all Dominicans are restored.
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Protecting Freedom of the Press in the Americas
Tags Share “My brother was a good man, a good father, son and brother. He was a thorough journalist who wanted to fight corruption and protect the community’s interests.” That’s how Judith Carvajal, a teacher from Pitalito, Colombia, started her account before the Inter-American Court on Human Rights on August 22, 2016, in a hearing…
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In Brussels, Speak Truth to Power Educator Conference Shines
Tags Share On September 10-12, over 30 educators, activists and social entrepreneurs gathered for the final STTP Summit at Education International headquarters in Brussels, Belgium to complete the STTP Roadmap with concrete, realizable actions that address four Impact Building Blocks: Product, Systems, Mobilization and Human Right Education Global Advocacy. The impact building blocks, emerging from…
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El Premio Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights 2017
Tags Share MEDIA CONTACT Max Burnsburns@rfkhumanrights.org646-809-0120 Washington, 7 de agosto, 2017 | El activista de derechos humanos y abogado venezolano Alfredo Romero ha sido nombrado como el ganador del Premio Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights para el 2017, uno de los más altos reconocimientos al trabajo de defensa de los derechos humanos. Romero ha sido…
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Venezuela’s Alfredo Romero Named 2017 RFK Human Rights Award Laureate
As executive director of Foro Penal Venezolano, Alfredo Romero has dedicated his life to protecting all Venezuelans from arbitrary detention and other human rights violations.
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RFK Human Rights to Post $100,000 Bail for Pedro Hernandez
The decision to post bail for Hernandez comes as part of a larger campaign by RFK Human Rights to reform the inefficient and unjust pre-trial detention policies in New York.
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RFK Young Leaders Launch Dollar Bail Brigade
RFK Young Leaders generated almost 200 sign-ups for the Dollar Bail Brigade, a coalition of volunteers who free people from jails who couldn’t otherwise pay their bail.
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Uganda Must Set Inquiry Into Kasese Killings
Tags Share (Kampala, May 26, 2017) The Ugandan government should facilitate independent and transparent investigations with international expertise into the November 2016 killings of civilians in Kasese, Uganda and hold security forces accountable, a coalition of 40 organizations said today. The groups urged the government to invite relevant African Commission experts and United Nations special…
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