International Advocacy and Litigation
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Private Prison Operator CoreCivic Saw 55% Increase in Immigration Detainee Contracts CoreCivic has seen a substantial increase in revenue over the past six months, driven by a steady rise in new federal government contracts signed as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies. The Brentwood, Tennessee-based private prison operator announced its quarterly earnings Wednesday,
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Defending Environmental Human Rights Defenders: Legal Frameworks
Tags Share Amid the escalating climate emergency and widespread environmental degradation, now widely recognized as urgent human rights concerns by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the International Court of Justice, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the work of environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) has never been more vital. Environmental
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Civil Society Organizations strongly condemn the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ Congratulatory Letter to President Paul Biya and the Deepening Crisis of Democracy in Africa
Tags Share We, the undersigned, express our deep concern and disappointment over the recent letter of congratulations purportedly issued in the name of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (‘African Commission’) on 27 October 2025 to President Paul Biya of Cameroon following the disputed elections conducted on 12 October 2025. This letter compromises
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Guapinol: A 2 años de las medidas cautelares de la CIDH, el Estado de Honduras sigue sin garantizar la protección de las personas defensoras
Tags Share A 2 años de que la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) otorgara la Medida Cautelar No. 137-23 a favor de integrantes del Comité Municipal para la Defensa de los Bienes Comunes y Públicos de Tocoa y el Bufete Justicia para los Pueblos en Honduras, el Estado de Honduras no ha cumplido con
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Guapinol: Two years after the IACHR precautionary measures, the State of Honduras continues to fail to guarantee the protection of human rights defenders
Tags Share Two years after the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted Precautionary Measure No. 137-23 on behalf of members of the Comité Municipal para la Defensa de los Bienes Comunes y Públicos de Tocoa (Municipal Committee for the Defense of the Common and Public Goods of Tocoa) and the Bufete Justicia para los
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RFK Human Rights and 2008 Human Rights Laureate Aminatou Haidar express grave concern over the latest UN Security Council resolution on Western Sahara
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and its 2008 Human Rights Award Laureate, Aminatou Haidar, express grave concern about the adoption of the U.S.-sponsored United Nations Security Council Resolution 2797 on October 31. The resolution, which renews the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for another year, openly reflects the
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Cameroon: Authorities Must Desist from Violent Repression of Protests
Tags Share RFK Human Rights strongly condemns the attacks against peaceful protesters in Cameroon following the country’s presidential elections. We call on authorities to refrain from their attacks on their citizens and stress that authorities must act in accordance with their constitutional and international obligations. Further, authorities must investigate all claims of arbitrary detention, excessive
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Tanzania: Authorities Must End Violent Repression and Respect Democratic Principles
Tags Share RFK Human Rights strongly condemns the violent repression of peaceful protestors and the internet shutdown in Tanzania during the ongoing general elections. We call on the Tanzanian authorities to immediately desist from their attacks against demonstrators and respect their constitutional and international human rights obligations to promote peaceful assembly. On October 29, 2025,
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share ICE’s Use of Full-Body Restraints During Deportations Raises Concerns Over Inhumane Treatment The AP identified multiple examples of ICE using the black-and-yellow full-body restraint device, the WRAP, in deportations. Its use was described to the AP by five people who said they were restrained in the device, sometimes for hours, on ICE deportation
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Pregnant Women Describe Miscarrying and Bleeding Out While in ICE Custody, Advocates Say Over a dozen women told advocates and their attorneys that they suffered mistreatment and neglect while they were pregnant and held in immigration custody, including “medical neglect” and substandard care during pregnancy and miscarriage, such as being shackled, placed in
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Letter to Chief Adviser Yunus: Follow-up on Human Rights CSO Meeting during UNGA 2025
Tags Share H.E. Prof. Muhammad YunusChief Adviser, Interim Government of BangladeshDhaka, Bangladesh Re: Follow-up on Human Rights CSO Meeting during UNGA 2025 Dear Chief Adviser Yunus: We write to express our deep appreciation to you for meeting with our group of international human rights organizations during the U.N. General Assembly to discuss the human rights
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned. “If the officers
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