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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Amicus Brief Calls for Colombia to Better Protect Journalists
In our amicus brief with GW Law School, we argue that the State of Colombia had a reinforced due diligence duty to prevent and investigate the violence suffered by Bedoya for being a woman, a journalist, and a human rights defender in the country’s armed conflict context.
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The Dominican Republic’s Century-Long History of Racism
The Dominican Republic wants to build a border wall. It should learn from America’s mistakes.
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Colombia: Ensure Justice for Killed Protester
Colombian authorities should respect the right of peaceful assembly and ensure independent investigations of the police and its use of force against protesters.
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Colombia Debe Asegurar Justicia Por Homicidio De Manifestante
Human Rights Watch Y Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Presentan Amicus Ante Corte Constitucional
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Comunicado Sobre La Decisión De La Suprema Corte De Justicia De La República Dominicana en Relación a La Nulidad Del Acta De Nacimiento Original De Juliana Deguis Pierre
Tags Share El Movimiento Socio-Cultural de los Trabajadores Haitianos (MOSCTHA), el equipo legal de la Red Jacques Viau, la Fundación Derechos Vigentes, el Instituto Internacional sobre Raza, Igualdad y Derechos Humanos y Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación por la decisión adoptada el 27 de febrero de 2021 por la Suprema Corte…
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Denationalization and Anti-Immigrant Policies in the Dominican Republic
Tags Share The Socio-Cultural Movement of Haitian Workers (MOSCTHA for its Spanish acronym), the legal team of the Jacques Viau Network, the Fundación Derechos Vigentes, the Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights express our deep concern over the decision adopted on February 27, 2021 by the Dominican Republic’s…
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Trans Woman Extrajudicially Executed
A discriminatory culture against trans people in Honduras is to blame for trans activist Vicky Hernandez’s murder.
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Honoring Vicky Hernández
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, Vicky Hernández’ legacy is one of intersectionality, community, and solidarity.
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We’re Taking Honduras to Court for the Murder of Trans Activist Vicky Hernández
The landmark case has the potential to set a wider precedent on trans rights, protecting countless people across Latin America who have been targeted and killed for their gender identity.
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El Caso Histórico de la Activista Trans Vicky Hernández
Tags Share ESTE CASO HISTÓRICO NO SÓLO PODRÍA DAR A LA FAMILIA DE VICKY LA JUSTICIA PENDIENTE POR MUCHO TIEMPO, SINO QUE TIENE EL POTENCIAL DE SENTAR UN PRECEDENTE MÁS AMPLIO SOBRE LOS DERECHOS DE LAS PERSONAS TRANS PARA PROTEGER A INNUMERABLES PERSONAS EN TODA LATINOAMÉRICA QUE HAN SIDO ATACADAS Y ASESINADAS POR SU IDENTIDAD…
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5 Facts You Need to Know About Vicky Hernández v. Honduras
Tags Share On November 11, 2020, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights will join the Red Lésbica Cattrachas, our co-counsel, to argue the case of Vicky Hernández vs. Honduras. Here’s what you need to know about this landmark case and what it could mean for trans women as well as the broader LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
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‘We Are Being Squeezed,’ says Prize-Winning Indigenous Activist
Tags Share Alessandra Munduruku, a leader of Brazil’s Munduruku indigenous community, has seen her home broken into and been threatened over her work defending her people and their Amazon land from illegal miners and loggers, hydropower plants, and other threats. On Thursday, the 36-year-old received the 2020 RFK Human Rights Award for “her work defending…
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