Latin America
We work alongside local organizations and human rights defenders to defend civic space and combat violence, repression, and discrimination in the region. Through strategic litigation and legal advocacy before the Inter-American Human Rights system and the United Nations, we work toward protecting human rights, seeking truth, justice, and redress for victims of human rights violations. From combating gender-based violence in Central America, historic racism against Dominicans of Haitian Descent, and systematic repression against critics in Venezuela and Guatemala to protecting freedom of the press in Colombia and Brazil, our mission is to create a region where justice, dignity, and equality prevail for all.
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Maine Gov. Janet Mills to Receive Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award Maine Gov. Janet Mills will receive an award from the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. RFK Human Rights announced Thursday that Mills is one of three recipients of its 42nd annual Human Rights Award. The other two are Elizabeth Oyer, a former…
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Venezuela: Exigimos información sobre la suerte y paradero de Eduardo Torres, defensor de derechos humanos de PROVEA, así como el respeto y garantía de sus derechos
Tags Share Las organizaciones firmantes expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación por la vida, integridad, libertad y seguridad de Eduardo Torres, defensor de derechos humanos e integrante del Programa Venezolano de Educación-Acción en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA), quien se encuentra desaparecido desde el viernes 9 de mayo. Tras concluir una reunión en Parque Central de Caracas, Eduardo mantuvo una conversación telefónica…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share U.S. Press Freedom Falls to Historical Low Press freedom in the United States has hit a record low, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index published annually by Reporters Without Borders. Press freedom in the U.S. now falls in line with developing countries, such as Gambia, Uruguay and Sierra Leone. While physical threats against journalists…
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El Parlamento Xinka Exige al Estado de Guatemala Restituir los Derechos Territoriales Indígenas tras Años de Resistencia contra la Mina Ilegal El Escobal
Tags Share El Parlamento del Pueblo Xinka de Guatemala a la Opinión Pública hace saber: Después de más de quince años de resistencia pacífica, para defender nuestros derechos y de tener como respuesta del Estado la criminalización, estigmatización, invisibilización, encarcelamiento, secuestro, ataques y asesinatos de nuestras autoridades y líderes por la defensa de nuestros derechos, el Pueblo…
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The Xinka Parliament Calls on Guatemalan State to Restore Indigenous Land Rights After Years of Resistance Against the Illegal Escobal Mine
Tags Share The Parliament of the Xinka People of Guatemala informs the public: After more than fifteen years of peaceful resistance defending our rights–after the State has responded by criminalizing us, stigmatizing us, invisibilizing us, jailing us, kidnapping us, attacking us, and murdering our authorities and leaders for defending our rights–today we, the Xinka People, are raising our voices to…
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Una nueva demanda busca restablecer los derechos humanos de las personas desaparecidas en detención incomunicada indefinida en El Salvador
Tags Share Read the press release in English here. Cuatro organizaciones líderes en materia de derechos humanos —la Clínica Internacional de Derechos Humanos de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Boston, el Centro de Estudios de Género y Refugiados (CGRS), el Consejo de Litigios Estratégicos Globales (GSLC) y Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights…
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New Lawsuit Seeks to Restore Human Rights for Those Disappeared to Indefinite Incommunicado Detention in El Salvador
Tags Share Lea el comunicado de prensa en español aquí. Four leading human rights organizations—the Boston University School of Law International Human Rights Clinic, the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), the Global Strategic Litigation Council (GSLC) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR)—have filed a lawsuit seeking an emergency ruling by the Inter-American…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share International Tribunal Condemns U.S. Border Officials for Torturing, Killing Immigrant Nearly 15 years after Anastasio Hernández Rojas’ wife began pushing for justice in her husband’s killing, an international human rights commission found that U.S. border officials were responsible for his death — and that they tortured him before he died. This is the first time that…
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Reuters: US Lawyer for Venezuelans Held in El Salvador Says Government Denied Her Access To Clients
Tags Share During a press conference in El Salvador, human rights advocate Kerry Kennedy condemned the Salvadoran government for denying legal access to clients, including over 250 Venezuelans deported from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison under a controversial agreement. Reuters has reported Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, criticized President Nayib Bukele’s administration for…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Trump Guts Key Civil Rights Protections With New Executive Order On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would further weaken civil rights protections and make it more difficult for plaintiffs to prevail in discrimination cases in areas such as education, housing, health care and public benefits. The order instructs federal agencies to stop enforcing laws and regulations…
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The Guardian: Was the Supreme Court’s deportation ruling a win for Trump or immigrants?
Tags Share The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can use the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act to deport certain Venezuelan immigrants—but emphasized that due process must be upheld. Trump called it a win, though critics dubbed it a pyrrhic victory. Immigration advocates, including the ACLU, claimed success, noting the court affirmed individuals’ right…
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Latest Hearing: Leonela Zelaya v. Honduras
Interested in international advocacy and litigation? Subscribe to the Justice Roundup newsletter to get more of the latest on international human rights, delivered straight to your inbox. Tags Share On March 25, RFK Human Rights’ International advocacy and litigation team joined partners from the Red Lésbica Cattrachas as co-counsel in the latest hearing before the…
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