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UN Treaty Body Must Hold Morocco to Account
Tags Share (Washington, D.C. | September 1, 2015) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, in partnership with several other non-governmental organizations and academics, formally submitted observations to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR Committee) regarding human rights violations in Western Sahara. The ESCR Committee will review the Kingdom of Morocco’s compliance…
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Letter Urges President Obama to Support African Civil Society During Visit to Continent
Tags Share (Washington, D.C. | July 14, 2015) Today, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, together with Front Line Defenders, Open Society Foundations, and the World Movement for Democracy, delivered a letter to President Barack Obama (attached below), welcoming his decision to once again visit the sub-Saharan Africa region. The letter highlighted particular human rights concerns…
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RFK Human Rights Launches Speak Truth To Power Curriculum in Canada
Speak Truth to Power Canada will share courageous stories from Canadian defenders with Canadian students in the hope that they too will become engaged in social justice in their communities.
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RFK Human Rights Releases Analysis on Voting Rights Violations in Ethiopia
Tags Share Read the full report here (Washington, D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFK Human Rights) released a briefing paper (see attachment) today documenting a range of human rights violations that have taken place in the context of Ethiopia’s upcoming parliamentary election, scheduled for May 24, and calls upon African Union (AU) election observers…
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New Amicus Brief Defends Access to Abortions in Dominican Republic
Tags Share (May 8, 2015 | Washington, D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights filed an amicus curiae brief this week before the Constitutional Tribunal of the Dominican Republic urging the Tribunal to uphold the constitutionality of a recent amendment to the Penal Code that decriminalized access to abortion when the woman’s life is at risk…
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