On Mother’s Day, we are wishing solace to all the mothers that have felt the pain of losing their children. Our thoughts are with you today and every day. 🕯️🤍

Happy Mother’s Day! Kerry Kennedy thank you for caring for all children around the world. ❤️

My mother is courageous, curious, competitive, resolute. Compassionate, athletic and poetic, with huge helpings of humor and heart, she is guided by deep faith. Time and again she stands up against injustice and offers a hand to those in need. From a very young age I watched her…

Join RFKHR and Kimberly Adams on May 21 at 12:00pm EST to celebrate the inspirational winning entries of this year’s Robert F. Kennedy Book and Journalism Awards! 💡📚

Register today ➡️ rfkhro.org/44zLDs1

#ThrowbackThursday : A spectacular night celebrating my dear friend Olivier Francois being inducted into the AAF Hall of Fame. A well-deserved honor for a magical marketer and a committed human rights defender.

My congratulations to Olivier and his fellow inductees for…

RFKHR along w/ NIPNLG and The Bronx Defenders have filed a lawsuit against ICE and the GEO Group, a private prison company, condemning the cruel mistreatment of a hunger striker in a #Louisiana  ICE jail.

Learn more about the case ➡️ rfkhro.org/3wyITP1

On #TeacherAppreciationDay , we thank our dedicated educators who help shape, lead, and carry out our work to advance human rights education. To date, our human rights education program has been used by over 80,000 educators, reaching over 2 million students worldwide.

Thank you…

On this #TeacherAppreciationDay , I want to express my deepest gratitude to all the educators who dedicate their lives to shaping young minds and inspiring future leaders! 🍎

Teachers are the unsung heroes who ignite curiosity, foster creativity, and instill lifelong values in…

It is gravely distressing to see #CivicSpace in United States college campuses threatened by police violence.

My father’s first campaign speech in his run for the presidency took place at the University of Kansas in the spring of 1968, amidst a growing student protest movement…

Congratulations Dr. Frank Mugisha on being named to TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of the Year list, recognized for fighting for LGBTIQ+ rights in Uganda.
Frank is also a Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights laureate, pictured with Kerry Kennedy and TIME Person of the Year Taylor Swift!

On #WorldPressFreedomDay , Committee to Protect Journalists data reveals that 2,186 journalists and media workers have been killed worldwide in direct connection to their work since 1992. With only 5% of murdered journalists’ cases achieving full justice - meaning all perpetrators were tried and…

On #WorldPressFreedomDay , we find ourselves at a particularly critical moment: Attacks on press freedom and #CivicSpace continue to threaten our democracy, both at home and abroad. Since 1992, 2186 media workers have paid the ultimate price in direct connection to their work—a…

Ragia Omran is not only a dedicated activist, but a dear friend,” said Kerry Kennedy. “I am deeply disturbed by the unjustified crackdown on last week’s protest. The #Egyptian gov’t must immediately drop these baseless charges against Ragia & all of the other #HRDs who…

Change starts with us! For #EarthDay , my Citizens Energy Corporation team and I had the chance to visit some friends at Chelsea Schools Hooks Elementary School to read and talk about what we can all do to help our planet. 🌎

(1/2) #Egypt : We welcome the release of Mahmoud Hussein, known as the T-shirt detainee, from detention & call on the gov’t to drop the case against him once and for all free_mahmoud!

(2/2) While we celebrate today’s victory, Mahmoud is not yet free. “It is high time the authorities end this farce and drop the case against him in its entirety,” said Kerry Kennedy.

Read our statement ⬇️
rfkhro.org/44bjqru

🔊 You are invited to attend Fortify Rights and Yale Law School's Lowenstein Clinic study launch:

“My Tears Could Make a Sea”: The Infliction of Mental Harm as Genocide Against #Rohingya in #Myanmar .

April 24, 9 a.m. Dhaka / 11 p.m. ET (April 23)

RSVP: bit.ly/MentalHarmLaun…

Russia's blatant violation of #PressFreedom is a stark reminder of the dangers journalists face around the globe. Journalism is not a crime, and the relentless attacks on press freedom must end NOW! #FreeEvan #IStandWithEvan

Books are under attack in America. According American Library Association there has been a 65% surge in the number of books kept off the shelves since 2022.

The dangers of book bans reach beyond pages, diminishing the quality of education and undermining the foundation of a free and open…