United States
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Human rights groups file federal lawsuit for unaccompanied child wrongfully held in ICE detention
Tags Share Winnfield, LA, February 26, 2024 – Earlier this month, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR), the National Immigration Project (NIPNLG), and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana (ACLU-LA) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a 17-year-old unaccompanied child, I.J., who has been unlawfully held for months in a Louisiana ICE detention…
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Solitary Confinement: VP Anthony Enriquez on Alarming Trends, Misconceptions, and Why the Practice Should be Banned
Tags Share In a brief video, Anthony Enriquez, Vice President of U.S. Advocacy and Litigation, urges an end to solitary confinement in United States prisons and detention centers. The United States locks up over 122,000 people in solitary on any given day, at odds with international legal guidance like the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules…
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Behind the Headlines: Immigrant Detention in the Blocked Border Security Bill
Tags Share In Washington, a proposed border bill — which would be the most significant updates to immigration law since 1996 — looks to be scuttled for now, but the issue of the border isn’t going anywhere. Let’s take a more detailed look into how the bill proposed to deal with increasing numbers of arriving…
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Celebrating our Human Rights Defenders: Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson & Bobby Muller
Tags Share Community organizer and social justice defender Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson advocates for social rights in northeast Tennessee and elsewhere through her work as Co-Executive Director of the influential Highlander Research and Education Center. Social Rights Social rights refer to the dynamic interdependence of individuals in their living and working conditions, encompassing fundamental necessities for…
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ACLU of Louisiana, RFK Human Rights, and Linklaters File Equal Protection Lawsuit Against St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office
Tags Share CONTACTSLauren Gaines, ACLU of Louisiana, media@laaclu.org Molly Ferrer, Linklaters LLP, molly.ferrer@linklaters.com Emma Gillett, RFK Human Rights, gillett@rfkhumanrights.org NEW ORLEANS—The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Linklaters LLP have filed a second lawsuit against four deputies with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office (STPSO), as well as several…
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Introducing the Harry Belafonte Memorial Project
Tags Share Upon hearing of the death of Harry Belafonte, we understood the necessity of memorializing Harry beyond his fame and examining him as the man he was. Our three interviewees, Gina Belafonte, Maria Belafonte, and David Goodman, were each able to speak to a more intimate side of Harry, having known him mostly in…
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In Conversation with Philippe Bolopion, Managing Director, TOBAM
Tags Share Philippe Bolopion recently joined Paris-based asset manager TOBAM as its New York-based Managing Director, LBRTY product leader, and Co-Head of Long-Term Investing. In a conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, he explains how LBRTY draws on academic work to highlight that investing in democracy is more profitable and that nations that respect…
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Bringing Trans and Non-Binary Rights to the Everyday Classroom
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Human Rights Campaign made history this spring, as the organizations partnered to release a free classroom resource aimed at making students better allies of the LGBTQ+ community in their everyday lives. Laura Osterndorf, training manager for RFK Human Rights’ Speak Truth to Power program, was a…
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RFK Human Rights’ Compass Investors and Lenox Park Solutions to Launch 2024 Alpha Equity Survey
Tags Share RFK Human Rights’ Compass Investors program is proud to announce its ongoing collaboration with Lenox Park Solutions to advance inclusion initiatives globally, with the launch of the 2024 RFK Compass Investors’ Alpha Equity Survey, the results of which will allow for meaningful year-over-year analysis. In 2023, RFK Compass Investors partnered with Lenox Park…
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A state-federal partnership to help immigrants
Tags Share An efficient, fair immigration system won’t come from more detention centers and faster deportations that Congress is considering in its current budget bill. Writing in The Washington Post, our VP of U.S. Advocacy & Litigation Anthony Enriquez highlights how New York City is piloting an innovative approach to migrant reception – one that…
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Campaign to end solitary confinement gains national momentum
Tags Share Propelled by human rights groups and grassroots organizations, the campaign to end the torture of solitary confinement is gaining national momentum. In December, Senator Edward J. Markey introduced the End Solitary Confinement Act, historic legislation that would end solitary confinement in federal prisons, jails, and detention centers, with limited exceptions. Last summer, Congresswoman…
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Reflecting on the RFK Compass Fall Investors Summit: A Confluence of Minds on AI, Ethics, and Investments
Tags Share Exactly one year after OpenAI’s ChatGPT large language model-based chatbot went online to the public, leaders from the investment community, tech industry, and civil society organizations converged at the RFK Compass Summit on AI, Ethics, and Investments in the heart of New York City. The summit, held in partnership with Lucid Capitalism and…
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