Racial Discrimination
-
Supreme Court’s Death Penalty Decision Will Cause More Pain
Tags Share When I learned my father had been murdered, I went into my room, laid on my bed and cried. The only thing I could think to do was what he and my mother taught me and my brothers and sisters to do when times were difficult, and we couldn’t make sense of things.…
-
Baby Boomers and Race: ‘Move Beyond Reflection’
We must move beyond reflection and seize this moment to stop anti-Black racism and violence for good.
-
Investors Commit to Addressing Systemic Racism
In the wake of continuing police brutality against Black people and widespread protests, investors from the Racial Justice Investing Coalition, including RFK Human Rights, have called for action.
-
Kerry Kennedy: “We Need to Seize This Moment”
Tags Share On June 5, 1968, U.S. presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy gave his final speech—about institutional and anti-Black violence—before he was assassinated. Speaking to CNN’s Don Lemon, Kerry Kennedy said her father’s words on an issue “that has been in the country … for 401 years” are still relevant to those protesting today. “We…
-
Statement by Kerry Kennedy on the murder of George Floyd
Police forces have long been used as a tool of white supremacy. We desperately need accountability. We need less, not more, funding for law enforcement.
-
Remembering Social Justice in Times of Social Distancing
Our response to the coronavirus pandemic must be tethered to a strong sense of equity for all.
-
Five Years Later: Nothing But Broken Promises
Five years after Law 169-14 promised to restore nationality to Dominicans of Haitian descent, the international community must ensure that the Dominican government is held accountable for its ongoing violations of human rights.
-
Michael Brown Case Urges Justice Reform
The Black Lives Matter movement emerged after Brown was killed by police. But the entire system must change.
-
Dominican Republic Set to Appear Before UN Human Rights Council
This will be the third time that the country will have to respond to the Council. However, to date, the State’s compliance with the recommendations of the member States has been minimal.
-
Combating Statelessness in the Dominican Republic
Tags Share In 2013, the Constitutional Tribunal of the Dominican Republic issued a landmark ruling, Judgment 168-13, which retroactively took away citizenship rights from Dominicans of Haitian descent. In the five years since, the issue of statelessness has only grown more complex, leaving countless Dominicans of Haitian descent without access to nationality documents. Far from…
-
Dreams Still Deferred
Assessing denationalization in the Dominican Republic, one year after our report.
Share