Europe
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Kerry Kennedy and Dick Durbin: Hold Russia accountable for the crime of aggression in Ukraine
Tags Share A full year has passed since Russia launched its war against Ukraine in February 2022. Let us repeat that: a full year. As the rest of the world aged and grew, grappled with technological advances, inflation, record-breaking drought, flooding and political shifts, residents of Ukraine have been unable to escape the single, all-encompassing…
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Genocide
Tags Share Elie Wiesel’s Interview with Kerry Kennedy KK: Why don’t you give in to futility, the sense that there’s nothing one person can do in the face of the world’s ills? What keeps you going? DR. WIESEL: When you think of the other you realize that something must be done. If I think of…
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Peace
Tags Share Excerpts from Mairead Maguire’s remarks made at 2006 Gwangju Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates One of the consequences of 80 years of the Partition of Ireland has been the cutting off of people from each other in the North and South of the country, resulting in lack of communication, trust, and a fear…
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Statement by Kerry Kennedy on the Deteriorating Health of Georgia’s ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili in Detention
Tags Share I join the chorus of voices in expressing profound concern regarding the ongoing detention conditions of Georgia’s ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili amid recent reports of his possible poisoning and increasingly deteriorating health as confirmed by the country’s Public Defender. Like all sovereign nations, the Georgian government has an obligation under international human rights law…
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Fall 2022 Defender Speaker Series: Introductory Lesson for Kateryna Yushchenko
Tags Share This fall, we will be hosting a speaker series featuring conversations with world leaders, policy makers, educators, and human rights defenders to help you bring discussions of current human rights issues into your classroom. Each live webinar will be moderated by a student from one of our partner schools. Your students will also…
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President Volodymyr Zelensky To Receive Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ 2022 Ripple Of Hope Award
Tags Share New York, NY, October 6, 2022 —Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced that President Volodymyr Zelensky will be presented with the 2022 Ripple of Hope Award in recognition of his courageous and inspirational leadership in the face of relentless aggression. “President Zelensky embodies the values that our organization stands for,” said Kerry…
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Black in Austria
Tags Share There are five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Everyone may spend varying times in these stages, but each stage is integral, with acceptance being arguably the most important. Except this isn’t about experiencing a close death; it’s about refinding my identity as a Black woman living in an inherently…
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At STTP event, genocide survivor Suljagić says the world must prevent a repeat of Srebrenica in Ukraine
Tags Share Emir Suljagić was 17 years old when the Bosnian war erupted on April 6, 1992. The director of the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Center shared his experiences on Tuesday Sept. 20 at the Speak Truth to Power Speaker’s Series, a live virtual event organized by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and moderated by George…
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Fall 2022 Defender Speaker Series: Introductory Lesson for Emir Suljagić
In the face of increasing religious and ethnic tensions around the world, the lessons learned from Srebrenica are especially relevant.
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At WEF in Davos, Kennedy calls for ‘driving toward democracy’
Tags Share Urging for the conversation at this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos to stretch beyond simply winning the war in Ukraine and fighting inflation, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights President Kerry Kennedy urged top business leaders to sharpen their gazes on advancing democracy, and with that, diversity, equity, and inclusion and the social…
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