Democracy
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Panel raises alarm over alleged Russian abuse of Ukrainian women and children
Tags Share Concerns over egregious human rights abuses by Russian troops targeted at Ukrainian women and children took center stage at a high-profile panel discussion convened by the Nizami Ganjavi International Center and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights on Wednesday April 20. The conversation, moderated by RFKHR President Kerry Kennedy, featured former President of Latvia,…
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Putin accountability panel focuses on concrete actions for International Criminal Court, using oligarch assets
Tags Share The so-called “de-Putinfication” of Russia. Closure. Victory. All of these aims for Ukraine – and more – were discussed Easter Monday morning by a high-profile panel convened by the Nizami Ganjavi International Center, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights UK, and the United States Institute of Peace. The discussion,…
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Former Judge Erika Aifán from Guatemala joins RFK Human Rights as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Tags Share Contact: Emma Gillett gillett@rfkhumanrights.org Washington, D.C., April 19, 2022 –– Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is honored to welcome former Judge Erika Aifán as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow. Dr. Aifán will be working closely with the International Litigation and Advocacy team and will help expand its work on the rule of law, human…
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Ex jueza Erika Aifán de Guatemala se une a RFK Human Rights como Distinguida Asociada Visitante
Tags Share Contacto: Isabel C. Roby Roby@rfkhumanrights.org Washington, D.C. 19 de abril, 2022- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights tiene el honor de dar la bienvenida a la Ex jueza Erika Aifán como Distinguida Asociada Visitante. La Dra. Aifán trabajará en estrecha colaboración con el equipo de Incidencia y Litigio Internacional y ayudará a ampliar el…
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Address at San Francisco, CA
Tags Share It is clear by now that 1968 will go down as the year the new politics of the next decade or more begin. It is the year when the existing political wisdom had proven unable to cope with the turbulence of our times, inspire our young people, or provide answers to problems we…
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Address at the California Institute of Technology
Tags Share Many years ago, Albert Einstein addressed the students of this institute. “It is not enough,” he said, “that you should understand about applied science in order that your work may increase man’s blessings.” And he added, “Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors,…
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Testimonial Dinner for John Reynolds
Tags Share We are not in the midst of another political campaign. Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy. Yet we live in a time when the individual’s opportunity to meet his responsibilities appears circumscribed by impersonal powers beyond his influence. On the surface the individual…
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Lecture to faculty and students at Nihon University
Tags Share Young men and women of my age in all countries, if they share nothing else, share the problems that torment our world and thus share responsibilities for all our futures. Our generation was born during the turmoil following the first World War. That war marked the dividing line—at least for the Western World—between…
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New England Democratic Meeting
Tags Share At the outset of this meeting of Democratic Party leaders of New England, we should discard any trace of the false notion that Senator Kennedy is assured of victory in his native region merely because he is one of its sons. The political truths of the last three presidential elections must guide our…
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Constitutional Court of Guatemala to Rule on the Swearing In of Magistrate Gloria Porras
Tags Share Guatemala City, Geneva, Washington D.C. March 21, 2022 The international organizations that make up the International Observatory on Guatemala express grave concerns regarding news that today, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala will be hearing an amparo (a legal protective mechanism) related to the swearing in of Gloria Porras. Porras was reelected in April…
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Corte de Constitucionalidad de Guatemala decidirá sobre juramentación de la magistrada Gloria Porras
Tags Share Ciudad de Guatemala, Ginebra y Washington D.C. 21 de marzo de 2022 Las organizaciones que conformamos el Observatorio internacional sobre los derechos humanos en Guatemala vemos con preocupación que, según medios de comunicación, el día de hoy la Corte de Constitucionalidad estaría conociendo un amparo relacionado a la juramentación de la magistrada electa…
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U.S. sanctions must avoid harming the free flow of information in Russia
Tags Share President Joseph R. Biden Jr. The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 March 10, 2022 Dear President Biden, The signatories to this letter deplore Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, condemn in the strongest possible terms the grave violations committed by Russian forces there, and applaud efforts by the Biden Administration and…
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