Voting Rights
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Access to Information: Empowering Citizens, Strengthening Democracies
Tags Share As we celebrate this year’s International Day of Universal Access to Information (IDUIA), we are reminded that the ability to access information is more than a right—it is the foundation of democracy. This year’s focus, “Mainstreaming Access to Information and Participation in the Public Sector,” could not be more relevant. Across the globe,…
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Africa’s Premier Human Rights Institution Makes Landmark Decision on the Right to Vote in Ethiopia
Tags Share Right to vote upheld in Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Institute for Human Rights in Africa (for the people of Ethiopia) v. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. RFK Human Rights and the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) welcome the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’s (the…
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RFK Human Rights hace un llamado al pleno respeto de los derechos humanos y el espacio cívico en el proceso electoral en Venezuela
Tags Share 25 de julio de 2024, Washington, DC. Este domingo 28 de julio, Venezuela se enfrenta a un momento decisivo con la realización de elecciones presidenciales que determinarán su futuro político, económico y social. RFK Human Rights se une a las voces de organizaciones locales e internacionales para exigir el respeto a los derechos…
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RFK Human Rights calls for full respect for human rights and civic space in Venezuela’s electoral process
Tags Share July 25, 2024, Washington, DC. This Sunday, July 28, Venezuela faces a decisive moment with the holding of presidential elections that will determine its political, economic, and social future. RFK Human Rights joins the voices of local and international organizations to demand respect for human rights and the guarantee of civic space throughout…
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‘They are aligned and joined forever’: A Harvard Club conversation on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and RFK
Tags Share Sit-ins at Woolworths in the south. The murders of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd and others. How does the past inform the way we approach civil rights today? Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and Dr. Russell Wigginton, president of the National Civil Rights Museum, took on these topics and more…
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INEC lacks metrics to calculate voter turnout
Tags Share Written by Ikechukwu Uzoma After the abysmal management of the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released data for the polls. Among the data points, the low voter turnout figure is generating a lot of conversation. With just 27 per cent, it is the lowest voter…
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Political participation and political rights
Tags Share Kek Galabru’s Interview with Kerry Kennedy When the United Nations took over Cambodia with 20,000 officers, we decided to start LICADHO (Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights). We didn’t have any money, so we opened a small office at my parents’ home. Word spread quickly about this new organization,…
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Roe’s overturn, national reckonings among issues driving young voters to the polls this election
Tags Share Young voters are projected to match if not break turnout records this coming midterm election, as the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade is prompting 18-29 year olds to head to the polls to defend abortion and reproductive rights. And the climate crisis, inflation, and national reckonings with racism and policing remain…
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As election day nears, 5 things to know about the Voting Rights Act
Tags Share At the end of 1962, President John F. Kennedy asked his brother, then-Attorney General Robert Kennedy, to compile a report on the Civil Rights enforcement activities of the Justice Department over the previous year. In this report, submitted on January 24, 1963, Robert Kennedy notes “progress” overall, but reminds the President that difficult…
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Address at Law Day Ceremonies, University of Georgia
Tags Share For the first time since becoming attorney general, over three months ago, I am making something approaching a formal speech and I am proud that it is in Georgia…They have told me that when you speak in Georgia you should try to tie yourself to Georgia and the South, and even better, claim…
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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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Youth Advisory Board members lead the charge on voting rights advocacy in their communities
Tags Share The 15th Amendment, which granted African American men the right to vote, was enacted in 1870, but it was not until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that it was properly enforced, and in 1966, the first Black senator since Reconstruction was elected. Still, in this country’s history, only 11 African Americans and…
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