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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New Report Shows Venezuela Uses Forced Disappearances to Silence Critical Voices
The first of its kind analysis pulls together data on more than 700 cases of enforced disappearance, offering rare insights into the Maduro regime’s patterns, priorities, and perceived threats.
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Apoyo internacional a la petición para declarar inconstitucional el Decreto Ley 370 en Cuba
Tags Share Las organizaciones y medios de comunicación abajo firmantes respaldamos la petición presentada el pasado 8 de junio en Cuba ante la Asamblea Nacional, el Consejo de Estado, el Tribunal Supremo, la Fiscalía General y el presidente de la República para declarar inconstitucional el Decreto Ley 370 de 2019. Las 64 personas que suscribieron…
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Petition to Declare Decree-Law 370 Unconstitutional in Cuba
Tags Share The undersigned organizations and media outlets support the petition presented on June 8 in Cuba before the National Assembly, the State Council, the Supreme Court, the Office of the Attorney General, and the President of the Republic declaring 2019’s Decree-Law 370 unconstitutional. The 64 people who signed the petition did so on behalf…
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Grave Conditions at Carmichael Immigrant Detention Center
Tags Share Washington D.C. (June 12, 2020)—Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights joins local human rights activists to express concern about the situation of migrants currently detained at Carmichael Road Immigrant Detention Center (“Carmichael Detention Center”) in The Bahamas, particularly in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, detainees’ concerns about COVID-19 in the facility…
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Defending the Right to Social Protest in Colombia
Tags Share On May 12, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Media Legal Defense Initiative (MLDI) submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court of Justice in Colombia in a tutela (protection action) defending the right to social protest. The case was brought on behalf of nine human rights organizations whose right to protest…
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Letter to Congress Urges More COVID-19 International Aid
We’re asking the U.S. government to provide $12 billion to Latin America and Caribbean regions that desperately need aid.
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El desafío que presenta COVID-19 para la República Dominicana
La Pandemia Impacta Directamente a Aquellos Que Han Sido Desnacionalizados, Migrantes, Refugiados, Apátridas Y Aquellos en Riesgo De Apatridia en El País.
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COVID-19 Challenges for the Dominican Republic
The pandemic directly impacts those who have been denationalized, migrants, refugees, stateless people, and those at risk of statelessness in the country.
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Coronavirus Endangers Brazil’s Indigenous Population
In a new interview, photojournalist Sebastião Salgado calls for economic sanctions against Brazil until its vulnerable indigenous communities are properly protected.
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RFK Human Rights Joins Urgent Call to Release Political Prisoners in Venezuela
Tags Share COVID-19 poses a particular threat to the Venezuelan people, who already suffer from deplorable humanitarian conditions. Venezuela’s overcrowded prisons and detention centers are particularly vulnerable to the virus. Our partner Foro Penal estimates that there are 326 political prisoners among the detainees. Like all inmates, they are being held in unsanitary conditions without…
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Amicus Brief: Flores Bedregal y Otros V. Bolivia
Restrictions on access to information on grave human rights violations cannot be justified on national security grounds.
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Kerry Kennedy Calls on Business Leaders to Protect Civic Space in Mexico
At a gathering of Mexico’s top business leaders, including the CEOs of Nestlé Mexico and Philip Morris Mexico, Kerry Kennedy called for their support to protect civic space.
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