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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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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Human Rights Takes Center Stage in Mexico City
Tags Share In Mexico, where corruption is now rampant among state officials and organized crime is taking hold in local- and state-level government, homicides are frequently met with inaction and impunity. Al Jazeera reported in January that violence in Mexico reached unprecedented levels, with over 31,000 homicides in 2019. During the time that former President…
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Rechazamos la aprobación del Decreto que limita el trabajo de las ONGs en Guatemala
Las Ong Firmantes Exhortamos Al Presidente De La República De Guatemala a Vetar El Decreto No. 04-2020 Que Introduce Reformas a La Ley De Ongs Que Afectan La Libertad De Asociación, Libertad De Expresión Y Restringe El Espacio Cívico
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Fighting for Justice With Indigenous Activists in Guatemala
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Xinka Parliament of Guatemala are asking the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to hold the Guatemalan government responsible for failing to protect the life of 16-year-old indigenous activist Topacio Reynoso and her father, also an activist. This case is representative of the threats and attacks…
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Venezuelan Massacres Investigated
When Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro attempted to halt humanitarian aid, indigenous villagers in need were murdered.
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