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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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…
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.
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) jointly present a comprehensive fact sheet outlining their deep concerns regarding the pre-electoral conditions in Guatemala. The fact sheet sheds light on the challenges faced by the country in ensuring a fair and inclusive electoral process. WOLA and RFKHR express…
The United States wields solitary confinement against Afro-descendent people in municipal jails, state and federal prisons, immigration detention centers, and care settings for foster youth, causing devastating mental, physical, and emotional harm.
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