MRG joins civil society call for the UN to investigate systemic racism in the police in the US, and to monitor this phenomenon globally
Re: The UN Human Rights Council’s role to ensure effective accountability and follow-up to HRC Resolution 43/1
Dear High Commissioner,
The families of victims of police violence and undersigned civil society organizations write with regard to the implementation of Human Rights Council resolution (A/HRC/43/1) on the promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against systemic racism, excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law enforcement officers.
We appreciate your response to our calls, in particular your affirmation to the Council that the report will reflect and amplify the voices of victims who are people of African descent, their families and communities. We also welcome that the report will examine the root causes that have enabled systemic racism and police violence, including the legacies of enslavement, the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans, and its context of colonialism. We appreciate the broad outreach to civil society and the organization of several regional and national-level consultations over the past months and your recognition of the indispensable role of civil society in the process of preparing the report.
As you rightly stated in your update to the Council, we cannot let the urgency felt in the Council in June 2020 subside. We share your assessment that the Council “can contribute to making this moment a critical turning point in the respect and protection of the human rights of people of African descent.”
In light of your update to the Council that the report will “recommend an agenda for transformative change to dismantle systemic racism and police brutality against Africans and people of African descent, and to advance accountability and redress for victims”, we wish to make the following recommendations and suggestions regarding the Council’s role to ensure effective accountability and follow-up. While we appreciate that the call for inputs reflected many of our recommendations, we note that it did not include a specific question on the Council’s role in this regard.
The families of victims of police violence and many of our organizations have called on the Council to mandate an independent inquiry into the killings and violent law enforcement responses to protests, including the attacks against protesters and journalists in the United States. The Special Procedures strongly urged the Council to establish a commission of inquiry to “investigate systemic racism in law enforcement in the United States” and a “thematic commission of inquiry or other mechanism empowered to investigate systemic racism in law enforcement globally, especially where it is related to legacies of colonialism and transatlantic slavery.”
While we commend the Biden administration for leading a cross-regional joint statement on countering racism and signaling other policy changes to address racial inequities, we believe that a robust international accountability mechanism would further support and complement, not undermine, efforts to dismantle systemic racism in the United States, especially in the context of police violence against people of African descent.
Police in the United States kill nearly 1,000 people every year. The epidemic of police violence has been directly and disproportionately targeted at people of color. Indigenous People and people of African descent experience the highest rates of fatal police shootings, followed by Latinx people. For example, in 2019, Black and Indigenous people were approximately three times more likely than white people to be fatally shot by police. One study found that young unarmed male victims of deadly force by police are 13 times more likely to be Black than white. Stunningly, for young men of color, police use of force is now among the leading causes of death. While there is a dearth of research examining racial disparities in police killings among non-male and nonbinary populations, some data indicates that although women are less likely than men to be killed by police overall, Black women and Indigenous women are more likely to be killed by police than white women. Furthermore, while police killings are higher in high-poverty areas than low-poverty areas for all racial groups, Black people who live in more affluent areas are almost as likely to be killed by police as white people who live in the poorest areas.
Although exact statistics are difficult to find, more often than not, officers are not investigated or prosecuted for the killings of civilians. 98.3 percent of killings by police from 2013- 2020 have not resulted in officers being charged with a crime. Between 2005 and 2015, only 54 officers were charged after police-involved killings, despite the thousands of such incidents that occurred over the same time period. Impunity for police killings in the United States, especially those of people of African descent, continues unabated despite the recent settlement in the George Floyd civil lawsuit and the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis City police officer who murdered him. Furthermore, federalism in the United States, long-standing legal obstacles to achieving justice for police killings, and decentralized police institutions of over 18,000 law enforcement agencies (that are not directly accountable to the federal Executive Branch) make it extremely daunting to end impunity, even for well intentioned federal Administrations.
We recall that the original draft resolution called on the Council to establish these mechanisms; however, the Council adopted a watered-down resolution due to enormous diplomatic pressure from the United States under the Trump administration and other allied countries.
We urge you to support the calls made by victims’ families, civil society and Special Procedures by including in the report specific recommendations to the Council in this regard. We also urge you to remind Member States that the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism were grave violations of international law that require States to make reparations proportionate to the harms committed and to ensure that structures in the society that are perpetuating the injustices of the past are transformed. Furthermore, we urge you to call on Member States to adopt a national plan of action to eliminate systemic racism and racial discrimination and to double their efforts and allocation of resources to achieve racial equality including through the adoption of reparations schemes to remedy historic racial injustices.
Please accept our sincerest gratitude and appreciation for the enormous work you do each day as the world’s collective human rights conscience.
Sincerely,
The Families of the Victims of Police Brutality, by year that they lost their loved one:
2021
- The Family of Daunte Wright, killed by Brooklyn Center, MN Police
- Kenisha Kinard, son Daverion Kinard killed by Fontana, CA Police
- Melody S. Cooper, son Kwamena Appah Fynn Ocran, killed by Gaithersburg, MD Police
2020
- Philonise Floyd & Quincy Mason, brother & father George Floyd killed by Minneapolis, MN Police
- Addie Kitchen, son Steven DeMarco Taylor killed by San Leandro, CA Police
- Adrienne Moore, son Derick Lamar Powe, killed by Daphne, AL Police
- Amy Fizer, daughter Hannah Renee Fizer killed by Pettis County, MO Police
- Cathy Denise Legato, son Anthony Legato killed by Pine County, MN Sheriff
- Jeannie Williams, son John Henry Ross II killed by Harrisonburg City Police, Rockingham County VA Sheriffs, and VA State Police
- Paula Watson Livingstone, son Timothy Darryl Sides Jr. killed by Caldwell County, NC Sheriff
2019
- Deborah Sanchez, daughter Jorden Marie Simms died in Graham County, AZ Police custody
- Desiree Lauren, son Sterling Humbert killed by Carrollton, TX Police
- Donna Marie Martin, brother Andre Cartel Gladen killed by Portland Oregon, Police
- Irma Woodard-Duncklee, son Michael Lee Duncklee killed by Tucson, AZ Police
- Joanne Rojas, son Josiah Pinner killed by Hillsborough County, FL Sheriff
- Kim Vaughn, former husband Mohammad Isaifan killed by Akron, OH Police
- Lisa Finch, daughter Adelina Finch killed by Wichita, KS Police
- Roxane Johnson, son Jamaal K. Byrd died in Washington, DC Police custody
- Tammie Atchison Featherstone, nephew Jimmy Atchison killed by Atlanta, GA Police
- Toni Biegert, son Joseph R. Biegert killed by Green Bay, WI Police
- Trena & Quiana Miller, son TreShun Miller killed by Arlington, TX Police
2018
- Azucena Albrethsen, son Jacob E. Albrethsen killed by Orem Police
- Barbara Okamoto, grandson Christopher A. Okamoto killed by Bakersfield, CA Police
- Bernice Roundtree, son Charles Roundtree Jr. killed by San Antonio Police
- Catherine Young, son D’Quan Young killed by Washington DC Police
- Denise Price, son Jeffrey Price Jr. killed in collision with Washington, DC Police
- Iris E. Salazar, daughter Leslie Salazar killed by Austin, TX Police
- Karla Gonsalez, son Agustin A. Gonsalez killed by Hayward, CA Police
- Lisa Vargas, son Anthony Daniel Vargas killed by Los Angeles County, CA Sheriff’s Deputies
- Sabrina Passalaqua Courtroul, son Tommy Henley killed by Westminster, CO Police
- Tessa Andrews-Biele, son Keaton James Larson killed by Stillwater, MN Police
- Tiffany Simpson, son Logan Simpson killed by Bixby, OK Police
- Tynesha Renee Tilson, son Shali Vladimir Francis Tilson killed by Rockdale, GA Sheriff
2017
- Aaron Heather Nordin, brother Jason Fanning killed by St. Joseph Police
- Angelique Negroni-Kearse, husband Andrew Kearse killed by Schenectady Police
- Ann Cortez, son Santino Trevino II killed by Los Angeles, CA Police
- Annice Evans, son Angel Ramos killed by Vallejo, CA Police
- Candance Gipp, brother G. Ryan Gipp Jr. killed by Standing Rock Police Department
- Christine Ann Amaro & Marissa Barrera, son & brother Michael Anthony Barrera killed by Woodland, CA Police
- Constance Joann McGuire, Tavaris Khalil McGuire killed by Kokomo Police
- Cynthia Brown, nephew Kareen Ali Nadir Jones killed by Columbus, OH Police
- Denise Fanning, son Jason Fanning killed by St. Joseph, MO Police
- Dionne Burney, son Ke’Sharn Burney killed by Harrison, OH Police Task Force
- Donna Chisesi, son Jonathan David Victor killed by Baldwin County, AL Sheriff’s Office
- Gina Torres, son Isaiah Hammett killed by St. Louis City SWAT/ St. Louis, MO Police
- James & Kelly Ghaisar, son Bijan Ghaisar killed by Park Police in Northern Virginia
- Kathy Scott-Lykes, son Jarvis Lykes killed by Georgia State Troopers
- Katrina Johnson, cousin Charleena Lyles killed by Seattle, WA Police
- Kimberly Handy-Jones, son Cordale Q. Handy, killed by St. Paul, MN Police
- Krystal Wagner, son Shane Allen Jensen killed by Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Lethia Kizer, son Darrion Barnhill, killed by Henderson County, TN Police
- Lisa Finch, son Andrew Finch killed by Wichita, KS Police
- Marion Jones-Tamba, son Tyler J. Lee killed by Dekalb County Police
- Mary ‘Theresa’ Wynne, son Dominique Tyrell White killed by Topeka, KS Police
- Natasha Manning, son Arties Manning III killed by New Orleans, LA Police
- Pochya Mifflin, son Cedric Jamal Mifflin killed by Phenix City, AL Police
- Rosie Chavez, nephew Jacob Dominguez killed by San Jose Police
- Shae Powell, son James Daniel Jill killed by Arapahoe County Sheriff Department
- Tiffany Tabares, son Dillan Tabares killed by Huntington Beach, CA Police
- Valerie Rivera, son Eric Rivera killed by Los Angeles, CA Police Department
- Vanessa Moore, son Hayden Stutz killed by Canton, OH Police
2016
- Adrienne Hood, son Henry Green killed by Columbus, OH Police
- Alice Corley, son Lionel Vincent Gibson Jr. killed by Long Beach, CA Police
- Ayanna Johnson, son Darius Wimberly killed by Bent Harbor, MI Police
- Cruz Weick, son Sergio Daniel Weick killed by Vista, CA Sheriff’s Department
- Dalphine Jabril Robinson, son Jabril B. Robinson killed by Clayton County, GA Police
- Emily Gonzales, son Jordan Love killed by Corpus Christi, TX Police
- Felicia Thomas, son Nicholas Thomas killed by Smyrna, GA Police
- Heather Boland, cousin Bodhi Phelps killed by Gresham, OR Police
- Irene Kalonji, son Christopher Kalonji killed by Clackamas, OR Sheriffs & Officers
- Jacqueline Minifield-Brown, son D’Londre Minifield killed by Winchester, VA Police
- Kia Villarreal, husband Francisco Villarreal killed by Bakersfield, CA Police
- Kim Thomas, son Earl Shaleek Pickney killed by Harrisburg, PA Police
- Kristina Murphy, husband Christopher Murphy killed by Woodland, CA Highway Patrol
- Laura Marquez, son in law Albert B. Thompson killed by Ceres, CA Police
- Lorenza Olivares, son Elias Portillo killed by Dallas, TX Police
- Monteria Robinson, son Jamarion Robinson killed by Atlanta, GA Police
- Pattie Gonzalez, Lulu & Marissa Valenzuela-Ronquillo, and Marie Confinco, husband and nephew Fermin Vincent Valenzuela killed by Anaheim, CA Police
- Rhanda Dormeus, daughter Korryn Gaines killed by Baltimore, MD Police
- Sandy Sanchez, son Anthony Nunez killed by San Jose, CA Police
- Vicki Timpa, son Tony Timpa killed by Dallas, TX Police
2015
- Annemarie Grant, brother Thomas Purdy killed by Washoe County Sheriffs & Reno Police Beverly Smith, son Alonzo Smith, killed by Special Police Officers in Washington, D.C.
- Diane Guilford Humphreys, son Deven Guilford killed by Eaton County, MI Sheriff Department
- Dominic Archibald, son Nathaniel Pickett II killed by San Bernardino County, CA Sheriff
- Dorothy Osteen, son Bertrand Davis killed by Dallas, TX Police
- Greg & Tammy Dyksma, son Nicholas Dyksma killed by Harris County, GA Deputy
- Holly Galbraith Hester, son Delaney Hester beaten by Keller, TX Police
- Holly Quigley-Papke, son Patrick Wetter killed by Stockton, CA Police
- Judy Alderman Edens, son Jason Alderman killed by Bakersfield Police
- Kimberly Davis, son Kimoni Davis killed by Hanging Rock, OH Police
- LaToya Howell, son Justus Howell killed by Zion, IL Police
- Lynn Eagle Feather, son Paul Castaway killed by Denver, CO Police Department
- Pamela Fields, cousin Derrick Hunt killed by Long Beach, CA Police
- Sarah Fitch, son Samuel Toshiro Smith killed by Seattle, WA Police
- Sharon Irwin, grandson Tony Terrell Robinson, killed by Madison, WI Police
- Sheila Banks, godson Corey Jones killed by Palm Beach Gardens, FL Police Officer
- Stephanie Babb, brother Captain Brian Avon Babb killed by Eugene, OR Police
- Tania Hudson, son Deaunte Bell killed by Columbus, OH Police
- Tina Taylor, son Christian Taylor killed by Arlington, TX Police
2014
- Cheryl and Deborah Jones, son and nephew Marquise Jones killed by San Antonio, TX Police
- Deanna Joseph, son Andrew Joseph III killed by Hillsborough County Sheriff Tampa, FL
- Denise Rankin, son DaRon Gaylor Jr. killed by Flint, MI Police
- Dorothy Holmes, son Ronald Johnson III killed by Chicago, IL Police
- Gina Thayne, nephew Dillon Taylor killed by Salt Lake City Police
- Isabelle Padilla, son Joseph Valverde killed by Denver, CO Police
- Janet Baker, son Jordan Baker killed by Houston, TX Police
- Jindia Blount, brother Juan May killed by Arlington, TX Police
- Kathy Roberts Gaynier, son Andrew Gaynier killed by Dallas, TX Police
- Laurie Valdez, partner Antonio Guzman Lopez killed by San Jose State, CA Police
- Letty DeLarosa, son James DeLarosa killed by Bakersfield, CA Police
- Lisa Mays-Parramore, son Kelvin Mays killed by Garland, TX Police
- Maria Hamilton, son Dontre D. Hamilton, killed by Milwaukee, WI Police
- Mary Wilsey, son Keith Vidal killed by Southport, NC Sheriff Department
- Michael Brown Sr. & Lezley McSpadden, son Michael Brown Jr. killed by Ferguson, MO Police
- Pamela Brooks, son Amir De’Mani Brooks killed by Prince George’s County Police
- Pamela Fields, nephew Donte Parker killed by San Bernardino County Sheriff
- Patricia L. & Richard Perez, grandson Richard Pedro Perez III, killed by Richman, CA Police
- Shirley & Sean Harrison, son & brother Jason Harrison killed by Dallas, TX Police Department
- Syreeta Myers, son VonDerrit Myers Jr. killed by St. Louis, MO Police
- Tressa Sherrod, son John H. Crawford III killed by Beavercreek, OH Police
- Vanessa White, son Victor White III killed by Iberia Parish, LA Sheriff Department
- Vickie McNeill Williams, son Tinoris Williams killed by Palm Beach County, FL Sheriff Department
2013
- Chantell Brooks, son Michael Westley killed by Chicago, IL Police
- Collette Flanagan, son Clinton Allen killed by Dallas, TX Police
- Jenette Munoz, brother Salvador Munoz killed by Dallas, TX Police
- Kristine Rose, son Jessie Rose killed by Utica, NY Police
- Mary Wills, son Taylor Thompson killed by Escambia County, FL Sheriff
- Milca Perez & Gerardo Pineda Sr., son Gerardo Pineda Jr. killed by Dallas, TX Police
- Montye A. Benjamin, son Jayvis L. Benjamin killed by Avondale Estate Police, Decatur, GA
- Murlene Spinks, son Anthony Skeaton killed in Placer County Jail
- Pamela Fields, son Donte Jordan killed by Long Beach, CA Police
- Royce Eckley, son Marcus Anthony Merritt Sr. killed by Louisiana State Police
- Susana Lopez, son DeAngelo Lopez killed by Compton, CA Sheriff Department
- Tawanda Jones, brother Tyrone West killed by Baltimore, MD Police
- Toni Taylor, son Cary Ball Jr. killed by St. Louis, MO Police
- Tyann Lavonne Salgardo, son Derek Brown killed by Tennessee State Troopers
- Val Greenoak, son Jesse Hamilton killed by Santa Rosa Police Department
- Valarie Carey, sister Miriam Carey killed by U.S. Secret Service & Capital Police in Washington D.C.
- Virginia Bradford, son Fred Bradford killed by Dallas, TX Police
2012
- Amalia Villafane, son Sebastian Gregory shot 6 times by Miami-Dade County, FL Police
- Ashley Harper, brother James Harper killed by Dallas, TX Police
- Cynthia Mitchell, son Mario Romero killed by Vallejo, CA Police
- Genevieve A. Huizar, son Manuel Diaz killed by Anaheim, CA Police
- Jeralynn Brown-Blueford, son Alan Blueford killed by Oakland, CA Police
- Krissy Johnson, father Inzer Allen Johnson killed by Rainbow City, AL Police
- Lydia and Richard Adams, son Seth Issac Adams killed by Palm Beach, FL Sheriff Department
- Martinez Sutton, sister Rekia Boyd killed by off-duty Chicago, IL Detective
- Yolanda McNair, daughter Adaisha Miller killed by off-duty Detroit, MI Police
2011
- Anita Harris, grandson Dawntrae Ta’Shawn Williams killed by Gwinnett City, GA Police
- Anita Willis, grandson Kerry Baxter killed by Oakland, CA Police
- Bridzette Lane, son Ralphael Briscoe killed by Washington DC Police
- Jean Thaxton, son Michael Lee Nida II killed by Downey, CA Police
2000-2010
- Alicia Alvarez, son Johnathan Cuevas killed by Los Angeles, CA Sheriff’s Department, 2010
- Dionne Smith, son James Rivera Jr. killed by Stockton, CA Police, 2010
- Theresa Smith, son Caesar Cruz killed by Anaheim, CA Police, 2009
- Wanda Johnson, son Oscar Grant killed by BART Police in Oakland, CA, 2009
- Darlene Cain, son Dale Graham killed by Baltimore, MD Police, 2008
- Lola Jones, son Derrick Jones killed by Dallas, TX Police, 2008
- Alicia Kirkman, son Angelo Miller killed by Cleveland, OH Police, 2007
- Antoinette Washington, son Brandon Washington killed by Dallas, TX Police, 2007
- Corie Angle Cline, brother Joe Whitehouse killed by Anaheim, CA Police, 2007
- Sandra Lane, nephew Bobby Walker killed by Dallas, TX Police, 2007
- Theresa James, partner Jay Martin Murphy Sr. killed by Albuquerque, NM Police, 2007
- Verbena Hawkins, son Trinton Hawkins killed by Dallas, TX Police, 2007
- Greta Willis, son Kevin L. Cooper killed by Baltimore City police, 2006
- Kat Espinosa, son Asa Benjamin Sullivan killed by San Francisco, CA Police, 2006
- Patricia Scott, son Raemawn Scott killed by Powder Spring, GA Police, 2003
- Deborah Forge, son Keenen L. Forge killed by Dallas, TX Police, 2002
1999-1990
- Marion Gray-Hopkins, son Gary Hopkins Jr. killed by Prince George County, MD Police, 1999
- Dorothy Copp Elliot, mother Archie ‘Artie’ Elliot III, killed by District Heights and Prince George’s County, MD Police. 1993
- Vicki & Sara Mokuria, father Tesfaie Mokuria killed by Dallas, TX Police, 1992
Civil Society Organizations, in alphabetical order:
- A Healing Paradigm
- Abolish Slavery National Network
- Access Now
- Adalah Justice Project
- Advocates for Human Rights
- Africa Solidarity Centre Ireland
- Africa World Now Project
- African and Indigenous Knowledge Institute
- African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies
- African Development Plan
- Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign
- Agora International Human Rights Group
- Agrupación Xango
- Alaska Community Action on Toxics
- Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School
- Alliance of Families for Justice American Civil Liberties Union
- American Friends Service Committee
- American Indian Movement, So Cal
- American Muslim Empowerment Network (AMEN)
- American University Washington College of Law, Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law
- American-Arab Anti- Discrimination Committee (ADC)
- Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain
- Amnesty International
- Anti-Racism Education Scotland
- API Equality – LA Arizona Justice Alliance
- Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE)
- Article 19
- Asian Pacific American Advocates (OCA – Greater Chicago Chapter)
- Association for Civil Rights in Israel
- Association Tunisienne de Soutien des Minorités
- Association Tunisienne des Femmes Démocrates
- AsylumConnect
- Australian Centre for International Justice
- Autistic Minority International
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network
- Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD)
- Balanta B’urassa History and Genealogy Society in America
- Bell Global Justice Institute Best Practices Policy Project
- Black People Against Police Brutality
- Brain Injury Association of America
- Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
- California Families United 4 Justice Network
- California Immigrant Policy Center
- Canadian Civil Liberties Association
- Casa San Jose, Pittsburgh PA Center for Civilians in Conflict
- Center for Constitutional Rights
- Center for International Environmental Law
- Center for Justice and Accountability
- Center for Policing Equity
- Center for Reproductive Rights
- Center for Victims of Torture
- Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, NYU School of Law
- Central Arizona National Lawyers Guild
- Centre for Human Rights Law, SOAS University of London
- Centre for Human Rights, Birmingham City University
- Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
- Centro de Derechos de Mujeres
- Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)
- Check the Sheriff Coalition
- Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign
- Church of the Brethren, Office of Peacebuilding and Policy
- Church World Service
- Citizens for Global Solutions Minnesota
- Coalition of African Lesbians
- Coalition Togolaise des Défenseurs des Droits Humains (CTDDH)
- Coalizão Negra por Direitos, Brazil
- Comisión Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos
- Commission Indépendante des Droits de l’Homme en Afrique du Nord
- Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)
- Communist Party USA Conectas Direitos Humanos
- Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, US Provinces
- Contra Nocendi International
- Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience
- Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide
- Cornell Gender Justice Clinic
- Cossart-Daly Law, A.P.C.
- Defending Rights & Dissent
- Dejusticia
- Drug Policy Alliance
- East Side Jews
- Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
- EHD Advisory
- Empathy Surplus Project Foundation
- Empowered at Dusk Women’s Association
- Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)
- Equal Justice Society Equality Now
- European Network Against Racism
- Eyes Right Veteran’s Foundation
- Families United 4 Justice Network
- Family Action Network Movement
- First Defense Legal Aid Four Freedoms Forum Friends of Human Rights Future Coalition
- The GAP Gyrlz and GAP Gyz Consortium of Human Rights Defenders
- GATE – Trans, Gender Diverse and Intersex Advocacy in Action
- Geneva for Human Rights – Global Training
- Global Health Justice Partnership of Yale Law and Public Health Schools, Yale University
- Global Human Rights Clinic, University of Chicago Law School
- Global Justice Center
- Global Justice Clinic, NYU Law School
- Global Network of Movement Lawyers
- Global Rights Advocacy
- Global Studies Association of North America
- The Global Union & GU- GHCF
- GoodWorks: North Alabama Harm Reduction
- Grassroots Alliance for Justice
- Grata Fund
- Green Amendments for The Generations
- Harm Reduction International Harriet’s Wildest Dreams
- Hawai’i Institute for Human Rights
- HEAL Trafficking
- Heartland Alliance International
- Hill District Consensus Group
- Horn Afrik News Agency for Human Rights (HANAHR)
- Human Rights Advocates
- Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic, CUNY Law School
- Human Rights Bahamas Human Rights Campaign
- Human Rights Clinic, University of Miami School of Law
- Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
- Human Rights Educators USA
- Human Rights Institute, San Jose State University
- Human Rights Law Centre Human Rights Law Network
- Human Rights Litigation and Advocacy Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School
- Human Rights Watch Humanitaire Plus
- Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
- Implementation Team of the International Decade for People of African Descent-Spain
- Indian Law Resource Center
- Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa
- Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, University of Southern California (USC)
- International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law (IANGEL)
- International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination (ICAAD)
- International Centre for Ethnic Studies
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM- UN/NGO)
- International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
- International Human Rights Clinic, USC Gould School of Law
- Karapatan
- Kent State Truth Tribunal
- Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD)
- Mothers Against Police Brutality(MAPB)
- Namibia Diverse Women’s Association
- National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
- International Indigenous Youth Council
- Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada
- International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights
- International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World)
- International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR)
- International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (EAFORD)
- International Service for Human Rights
- International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW Asia Pacific)
- International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations (ISMUN)
- International-Lawyers.Org
- Irish Council for Civil Liberties
- JLS International Law Project
- Jump at the Sun Consultants, LLC
- Justice Revival Juvenile Law Center
- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- League of Women Voters of the United States
- Legal Resources Centre
- National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
- Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School
- Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (LSVD)
- Liberty
- Love Not Blood Campaign
- Many Voices
- Me Too Survivors March International
- Medical Whistleblower Advocacy Network
- Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project
- Milwaukee County Human Rights Commission
- Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights
- Minority Rights Group International (MRG)
- Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers, International Association of People’s Lawyers
- National Birth Equity Collaborative
- National Black Agenda Consortium
- National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’Cobra)
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
- National Council on Independent Living
- National Equality Action Team (NEA T)
- National Health Care for the Homeless Council
- National Homelessness Law Center
- National Working Positive Coalition
- New Afrikan People’s Organization/Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
- New Future Foundation, Inc. North River Law PLLC
- Office of HBCU Development & International Cooperation, Inc
- OneAmerica OutRight Action International
- Parable of the Sower Intentional Community Cooperative
- Parity
- Partnership for Justice
- Passionist Solidarity Network
- Pax Christi USA
- Phoenix Transition Program
- Physicians for a National Health Program, NY Metro Chapter
- Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance
- Planet Ally
- Pretrial Justice Institute
- Progressive Doctors
- Promise Institute for Human Rights, UCLA Law
- Promoting Empowerment Through Awareness for Lesbian/Bisexual Women (PETAL)
- Public Advocacy for Kids (PAK)
- Public Justice Center
- Rede Nacional de Mães e Familiares de Vítimas do Terrorismo do Estado
- REDRESS
- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
- Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conferernce
- San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Santa Clara Law – International Human Rights Clinic
- Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness
- SEIU Healthcare IL
- The Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center
- Shirkat Gah – Women’s Resource Centre
- SISTA Fire
- Sisters Health & Wellness Collective
- Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
- South Austin Coalition Southern Anti-Racism Network Southern Poverty Law Center Southwest Native Cultures StoptheDrugWar.org
- Strategies for Development
- Swaziland Migrant Mineworkers Association (SWAMMIWA)
- The Taifa Group
- Talking Drum Incorporated
- Te Rau Ora
- Thurgood Marshall Civil
- Rights Center at Howard University School of Law
- Tools4Democracy!
- TRANScending Barriers Atlanta
- The TransLatinX Coalition
- Trinity United Church of Christ
- The TRY CENTER, Inc
- The Ubuntu Centre
- Uneafro Brasil
- UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab – People of African Descent and the SDGs E-Team
- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Montgomery
- United Belize Advocacy Movement
- United Nations Association of the USA
- United Nations Association, Northern New Jersey Chapter
- Universal Human Rights Defenders Coalition
- University Network for Human Rights
- Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights
- US Human Rights Cities Alliance
- US Human Rights Network
- Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
- Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
- Waves Ahead Corp, Puerto Rico
- The Well Project
- Westside Justice Center
- WITNESS
- Women Human Rights Defender, Middle East and North Africa Coalition (WHRD-MENA)
- Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
- Women’s All Points Bulletin (WAPB)
- Woodhull Freedom Foundation
- World Against Racism Network (WARN)
- World Council of Churches
- World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
- World Without Genocide at Mitchell Hamline School of Law
- Yemeni Institute for Strategic Affairs
—
Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest news about minorities and indigenous peoples from around the world.
