Reports
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Impact of State Censorship Measures on the Right to Freedom of Expression in the Americas
Interested in freedom of expression and state censorship? Subscribe to the Justice Roundup newsletter to get more of the latest on civic space advocacy and litigation, delivered straight to your inbox. Tags Share This report details the information provided during the regional thematic hearing “Impact of State censorship measures on the right to freedom of…
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Torture of Black people in solitary confinement in North Carolina: report to UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
Receiving Body United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent Report Type Submission on Principles, Provisions and Pathways to Reparatory Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Tags Partners
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Standing with human rights defenders in rural immigration detention: report to UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
The majority of immigration detention centers are located in remote and rural areas and 67% of detained people have been held in a rural and isolated location at some point during their custody.
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Inside the Black Hole: Systemic Human Rights Abuses Against Immigrants Detained & Disappeared in Louisiana
TAKE ACTION Urge your elected officials to NOT approve billions more for detention and deportation. Write a letter to your Senator Tags Share
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Egypt: Joint Submission for Universal Periodic Review
Tags Share Since 2019, civic space and human rights in Egypt have severely deteriorated, exacerbated by several recent developments related to presidential elections and Israel’s war on Gaza. In this submission, the Committee for Justice and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights analyze Egypt’s fulfillment of its human rights obligations since Egypt’s prior Universal Periodic Review…
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Bangladesh: Odhikar published its Annual Human Rights Report 2023
Tags Share Despite the continuous harassment imposed by the Bangladesh Government, Odhikar published its Annual Human Rights Report 2023. The report documents the human rights situation in the country, based on information collected by human rights defenders, data published in the media and is based on international human rights instruments and standards. Read the report.
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Việt Nam: Joint Submission for Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights Abuses
Tags Share Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Việt Nam that is taking place in Geneva next year, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Freedom House, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR), submitted a joint report, with the support of Covington & Burling LLP. The report provides a…
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Cambodia: Joint Submission for Universal Periodic Review Documenting Human Rights Violations
Tags Share Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Cambodia that is taking place in Geneva next year, Freedom House, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) submitted a joint report, with the support of Covington & Burling LLP. The report documents the human rights abuses committed by the government…
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US violates human rights of Black immigrants: shadow report to UN Human Rights Committee for the fifth periodic review of the US under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Receiving Body United Nations Human Rights Committee Report Type Shadow report for the fifth periodic review of the United States under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Tags Partners
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Cameroon: Joint Submission for Universal Periodic Review Documenting Human Rights Violations Committed by the Republic of Cameroon
Tags Share As part of the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Cameroon by the UN Human Rights Council, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and our partnering organizations, Réseaux des Défenseurs des Droits Humains en Afrique Centrale (REDHAC) and Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA), have submitted the following…
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Bangladesh: Joint Submissions for Universal Periodic Review Documenting Human Rights Violations Committed by the Government
Tags Share Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Bangladesh, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights alongside our partners have submitted the following reports. The first report was submitted together with Asian Legal Resource Center and Committee to Protect Journalists and the second report was submitted as part of a Bangladesh…
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Cuba: Joint Submission for Universal Periodic Review Documenting the Situation of the Right to Freedom of Association
Tags Share A medida que se aproxima el cuarto período del Examen Periódico Universal (EPU) de Cuba por parte del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, junto con Cubalex, Justicia 11J y Civil Rights Defenders, hemos presentado el siguiente informe. A raíz de la pandemia de COVID-19, con…
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