Reports
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Practice Advisory: Seeking Release from Immigration Detention in the Fifth Circuit After Buenrostro-Mendez v. Bondi
This advisory outlines some of the avenues remaining for challenging immigration detention under § 1225(b)(2)(A) in the Fifth Circuit after Buenrostro-Mendez v. Bondi.
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Quarterly Investor Risk Briefs for Private Prison Companies Geo Group and CoreCivic
Our quarterly investor risk briefs highlight timely risks for shareholders in GEO Group and CoreCivic.
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Freedom of Peaceful Assembly: Litigation Gaps and Opportunities at the International and Regional Levels
Tags Share The Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center and the Centre for Law and Democracy have published a new joint report identifying key gaps in human rights jurisprudence on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and outlining strategic litigation opportunities to address them. Titled Freedom of Peaceful Assembly: Litigation Gaps and Opportunities
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400+ Civil Rights Groups Call on Congress to Rein in ICE and Border Patrol
The Robert & Ethel Kennedy Center for Human Rights joined over 400 other civil rights and human rights organizations in denouncing Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) shooting of Renee Nicole Good. Good, a 37-year-old mother, wife, and widow of a military veteran, was shot and killed on January 7 in Minneapolis, MN.
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Practice Advisory: Challenging Revocation of Orders of Supervision through Habeas Corpus
This advisory and template brief outline arguments to prevent arrest or seek release from detention for a non-citizen with a final order of removal whose order of supervision has been or may be revoked at an ICE check-in.
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Electoral Repression, Enforced Disappearances and Political Control in Venezuela
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Foro Penal have published a new report outlining patterns of political repression in Venezuela following the July 2024 presidential elections, and the 2025 parliamentary and regional elections. The report, titled Electoral Repression, Enforced Disappearances and Political Control in Venezuela, analyzes how President Nicolas Maduro’s regime has increasingly
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Forced labor and sexual abuse at South Louisiana ICE Detention Center: Complaint to the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
This complaint to the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties exposes how an officer at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center (SLIPC) operated a late-night forced labor scheme that targeted transgender and gender-nonconforming detained people; perpetrated and enabled repeated acts of sexual harassment and assault; and oversaw a pattern of retaliation, including the inhumane…
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US inflicts systemic human rights abuses on Black people in Louisiana immigration detention centers: report to UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement
This submission to the United Nations International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement urges accountability for systemic human rights abuses against Black people incarcerated in Louisiana’s immigration detention network.
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Fact Sheet: Tunisia’s Withdrawal from the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights
To get the latest human rights resources, subscribe to our newsletter. Stay up to date with the Justice Roundup—your source for the latest news, reports, victories, and events from our legal team, delivered straight to your inbox. Tags Share The African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights, established in 2004, hears cases on the interpretation
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US brokers secret torture deal with El Salvador: report to UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
On February 3, 2025, President Nayib Bukele publicly announced that El Salvador had offered to detain “criminals” sent from the US, including both migrant deportees and US citizens, in exchange for a fee.
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US police use lethal, military-grade force against Black people and civic space activists: report to UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions
Police use of lethal force in the United States is on the rise, with more police killings reported in 2024 than any other year on record. This gruesome milestone was reached due to increased access to military-grade weaponry, aggressive suppression of civic space, and the continuation of a historical pattern of violence against Black people.
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Guide on Engaging the United States Government on Arbitrary or Wrongful Detention Cases
Tags Share Addressing arbitrary and wrongful detention through advocacy and litigation is an area of extensive expertise and experience for RFK Human Rights. In the last decade, we have worked with families of arbitrarily and wrongfully detained individuals, including US persons, to facilitate their release and return home. A central reflection from our engagements with
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