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International Criminal Court’s Work Blunted by Petty Campaign
Tags Share Human rights advocate Kerry Kennedy describes how US state department sanctions are hampering the ICC’s efforts to fight atrocities across the globe Your report (Human rights lawyers sue the Trump administration for ‘silencing’ them, 1 October) sheds much-needed light on an unprecedented effort to undermine and dismantle global efforts to fight impunity. Carrying…
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Kerry Kennedy to Testify on Structural Racism and Police Violence
Kerry Kennedy will be speaking before the IACHR on the need for police accountability and reparations. Register to join us on Oct. 7.
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Kerry Kennedy to Testify on Structural Racism and Police Violence
Kerry Kennedy will be speaking before the IACHR on the need for police accountability and reparations. Register to join us on Oct. 7.
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RFK Human Rights Launches New Voting PSA
Made for and by the young, queer BIPOC community, the video explains how to avoid the common mistakes that could cause your mail-in ballot to be disqualified.
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What You Need to Know About Voting by Mail
Tags Share Trump has tried to make voting by mail an “issue,” even though he himself plans to vote that way, says Rated LGBT Radio. It’s not because mail-in ballots are problematic but rather an attempt to intimidate, suppress, and dissuade voters from participating in the election. Co-hosts Rob Watson and Brody Levesque spoke with…
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Don’t Whitewash History in Our Schools
Teaching the next generation about our country’s successes and shameful shortcomings is vital if we’re ever to learn from our past.
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Eliminating Educational Disparities Once and For All
Tags Share As schools across the country have headed back to the books, both virtually and in person, some depressing news about ever-widening educational disparities have been released to coincide with the new academic year. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, an international organization focused on developing global standards and finding solutions to social,…
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Opposing U.S. Sanctions Against the International Criminal Court
Tags Share The undersigned organizations and individuals write to express grave concerns and unequivocally oppose the Trump administration’s use of the sanctions authority of the United States to attack the International Criminal Court (ICC), an independent judicial institution dedicated to combatting impunity for the gravest crimes known to humanity. Many of the undersigned spoke out…
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Fostering Dignity and Connection Even as the Pandemic Wears On
Tags Share As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, our endurance is tested anew each day. Amidst this, an ongoing reckoning on racism and police violence against the backdrop of an election year adds a challenging mix of anxiety and anger on one hand, and possibility and hope for real change on the other. Many of…
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Case Update for Rosalyn “Bird” Holmes
Tags Share In May 2018, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights paid the $60,000 bail of Rosalyn “Bird” Holmes, then 16. Bird was being detained in an adult jail 50 miles from her home in Memphis under Tennessee’s antiquated “safekeeping” laws, which kept individuals under 18 detained pretrial and other vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women,…
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Students Successfully Campaign to Rename School After John Lewis
Their teacher, Erik Manuel Giblin, a former RFK Human Rights team member, said the name change reflects both Lewis’ and RFK’s commitment to justice.
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