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Tags Share Washington, D.C., April 28, 2025 – Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Louisiana, and the Juror Project submitted a report to a United Nations experts body highlighting legal barriers for victims of police violence who seek civil remedies. The report was submitted ahead…
Tags Share Three advocacy groups are suing the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem, seeking to restore staff jobs at three gutted offices that oversee civil rights protections across the department’s broad mission. The lawsuit was filed Thursday by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization, the Southern Border Communities Coalition, and the Urban Justice Center. On March…
Tags Share An assortment of advocacy groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday aimed at stopping the Department of Homeland Security from permanently shuttering its internal oversight divisions after the Trump administration fired critical staff members, grinding operations to a halt. The lawsuit was filed in New York and brought by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights,…
Tags Share ProPublica reports on human rights abuses on U.S. deportation flights, including RFK Human Rights’ lawsuit on behalf of African asylum-seekers restrained for hours in the Wrap, a cross between a straitjacket and a sleeping bag that one federal judge has called torture. “Flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams…
Tags Share “President Donald Trump, an avowed fan of stop-and-frisk policing, now aims to take those practices national. His executive order requires federal law enforcement to treat a non-citizen’s failure to register or to carry proof of registration as a civil and criminal enforcement priority, punishable anywhere from one to six months in federal prison.” In…
Tags Share The Trump administration plans to revive a World War II-era law requiring immigrants aged 14 and older, who entered the U.S. without a visa, to register with the federal government within 30 days of arrival, including submitting fingerprints. Noncitizens over 14, or parents of noncitizens under 14, who “willfully” fail to register could…
For more on advancing diversity in asset management, subscribe to our monthly newsletter. Get the latest issues of Charting the Course from our Business & Human Rights department delivered straight to your inbox. Tags Share Tags Share Taffi Ayodele, Director of Emerging & Diverse Manager Strategy at the NYC Comptroller’s Office, discusses how New York…
For more on racial and economic equity, subscribe to our monthly newsletter. Get the latest issues of Charting the Course from our Business & Human Rights department delivered straight to your inbox. Tags Share As Treasurer Erick Russell marks two years in office, he reflects on the intersection of financial stewardship and social responsibility. Managing…
Tags Share El próximo 30 de enero de 2025, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebrará una audiencia pública contra México por el caso de doña Ernestina Ascencio Rosario, una mujer nahua de la Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz. Doña Ernestina falleció en 2007, tras ser atacada por miembros del Ejército Mexicano y ser víctima de…
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