United States
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The family’s right to truth and transparency in investigations of U.S. police killings: report to UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions
Receiving Body United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial,Summary or Arbitrary Executions Report Type Submission for the report of the Special Rapporteur at the 59th session of the Human Rights Council Tags Partners
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Pensions & Investments: NYC Comptroller Brad Lander will keep pushing for diverse investment managers ‘regardless of what happens in Washington’
Tags Share Despite national backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, public pension executives are advancing programs supporting diverse and emerging asset managers. Brad Lander, New York City comptroller, affirmed at the 100 Women in Finance conference that NYC’s pension funds will continue prioritizing these programs. Lander, who spoke to investors earlier in the…
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Human Rights Education Speaker Series: A Conversation with Arely Westley
Tags Share A longtime advocate for immigrant, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ communities, Arely Westley works with numerous organizations in New Orleans to uplift LGBTQ+ youth, to stop abuses in ICE detention facilities, and to expand access to immigrant support services. Westley was recognized as this year’s RFK Human Rights Award laureate for her tireless efforts to…
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Fifth Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity Defense, Allows Pigott v. Gintz to Continue
Tags Share NEW ORLEANS —The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Mr. Wesley Pigott and his two children, who were followed by an unmarked police car and held at gunpoint by Rapides Parish Sheriff Office deputy Paul Gintz four years ago. Mr. Wesley Pigott and his children are represented by the ACLU of…
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Defending Human Rights During Trump 2.0: Stopping Deportation Through Emergency Federal Court Litigation Alongside Community Organizing
Interested in litigation and community organizing? Subscribe to the Justice Roundup newsletter to get more of the latest on human rights advocacy and litigation, delivered straight to your inbox. Tags Share On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the ACLU of Louisiana, and the Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition hosted a webinar…
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Speak Truth to Power: Refocusing and Uplifting Human Rights Narratives
Tags Share The origin of the phrase “Speak Truth to Power” has been attributed to a number of people and organizations. Most people recognize the American Society of Friends (ASF – Quakers) and one particular Quaker, Bayard Rustin, as the original source. In 1942, Rustin, a Black Quaker and the principal organizer of the March…
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Kerry Kennedy for The Hill: An obscure court case could reverse bail reform
Tags Share Read the full piece in The Hill here. Last week would have been my father Robert F. Kennedy’s 99th birthday. As attorney general, his career — and enduring legacy — was built on his commitment to the fair, just and equal application of law. Nowhere was this more evident than his efforts to…
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Charting the Course: Continuing our work to build a more just, inclusive, and equitable economy
Tags Share No matter who occupies the presidency, our work to engage the business and investment community to address inequality as a systemic risk in order to build a more just, inclusive, and equitable economy and society for the future will continue. As federal protections for human rights including climate justice and economic opportunity will…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Female migrant in Florida subjected to ‘horrific’ treatment, complaint alleges A female migrant in mental distress was kept in solitary confinement for a month at a Florida detention center, then mocked and leered at by male guards after they strapped her almost naked to a restraint chair, a federal civil rights complaint alleges. “Ana came…
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Southern Border Communities Coalition Files Supreme Court Amicus in Barnes v. Felix to Urge End to Excessive Use of Force by Law Enforcement
Tags Share November 20, 2024 – Today, the Southern Border Communities Coalition took its fight for dignity and human rights to the U.S. Supreme Court by filing an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in a major police shooting case, Barnes v. Felix, to hold law enforcement including Customs and Border Protection (CBP), accountable…
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The Guardian: Female migrant in Florida subjected to ‘horrific’ treatment, complaint alleges
Tags Share A recent civil rights complaint alleges abuse and neglect at a Florida immigration detention center. A woman detained in a facility with a long history of allegations of mistreatment, identified only as Ana in the report, detailed extensive mental and sexual abuse. “Ana came to Baker vulnerable and in need, and officers responded…
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Barnes v. Felix: Limiting Deadly Police Force
Our amicus brief asks the Supreme Court to recognize that U.S. law, like international human rights law, limits police use of lethal force to situations where it is both necessary and proportionate to a threat.
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