MRG joins families of victims and rights groups in a call for effective implementation of HRC resolution on police violence and structural racism
Joint letter from 143 families of victims of police violence in the US and over 360 civil society groups calling on the High Commissioner to ensure effective implementation of the HRC resolution on police violence and structural racism
August 3, 2020
Dear High Commissioner,
The undersigned families of victims of police violence and civil society organizations write with regard to the Human Rights Council resolution (A/HRC/43/L.50) on the promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law enforcement officers.
As you know, the resolution has mandated your office, with the assistance of relevant Special Mandate Holders, “to prepare a report on systemic racism, violations of international human rights law against Africans and people of African descent by law enforcement agencies, especially those incidents that resulted in the death of George Floyd and other Africans and of people of African descent, to contribute to accountability and redress for victims.” The resolution has also requested that your office “examine government responses to antiracism peaceful process peaceful protests, including the alleged use of excessive force against protesters, bystanders and journalists.” In addition, the resolution also requested that the High Commissioner “include updates on police brutality against Africans and people of African descent in all her oral updates to the Council.”
While we were disappointed that the Council adopted a watered-down resolution due to enormous diplomatic pressure from the United States and other allied countries, we consider the outcome of the urgent debate a crucial first step towards full accountability for systemic police violence against Black people in the United States and more generally against people of African descent around the world. We wish to make the following recommendations and suggestions to ensure effective implementation of the resolution and a transparent, inclusive process for producing the report with maximum meaningful participation and engagement from directly impacted communities and other relevant stakeholders.
First, we strongly believe that the High Commissioner’s report should center the lived experiences of people of African descent and be informed primarily by individuals and communities directly impacted by structural racism and police violence. This requires inclusive outreach to communities of color and the creation of meaningful, safe, and accessible opportunities for consultation. It must also involve modalities to provide testimonies, evidence, and other relevant information and materials to encourage unhindered reporting from those fearing retaliation.
Second, for the report to fulfill the mandate of the Council’s resolution and respect the memory of George Floyd and other victims of police violence, it must examine and highlight individual cases of extrajudicial killings of people of African descent and entrenched impunity for police violence rooted in structural racism. The resolution specifically mentions the killing of George Floyd, whose horrific murder by a Minneapolis police officer (and the complicity of other officers) shocked the world and sparked unprecedented protests calling for police accountability and racial justice. The reference to the killing of “other Africans and of people of African descent” suggests that Floyd’s killing should not be the only case examined and highlighted in the report.
Third, we encourage you to thoroughly examine the history of racist policing in the United States and other countries in order to make recommendations for a concrete path forward regarding the Council’s role to ensure effective accountability and follow-up. The report should outline steps and measures that must be taken to dismantle structural racism and bring the country‘s criminal legal system in line with international human rights norms. The report should build and expand upon, rather than replicate, previous research and reports published by regional and international human rights bodies, including UN treaty bodies and relevant Special Mandate Holders. Extensive research has already been completed by the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on racism, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, and the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Fourth, we are fully aware of the extraordinary financial challenges and limited resources at your disposal, as well as the overwhelming responsibilities of your Office, especially in response to the ongoing global health and economic crises imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we believe the implementation of this Council resolution resulting from an historic urgent debate should be of high priority. Sufficient resources must be allocated to ensure that the report comprehensively and thoroughly examines structural racism and police violence. We cannot exaggerate the unfathomable importance of this issue for millions of people and its implications on the full enjoyment of basic human rights and fundamental freedoms for people of African descent, Indigenous Peoples, and racial and ethnic minorities. In the United States alone, there are over a thousand people killed by law enforcement every year, below are just some of the signatures of the many family members, whose loved ones were killed by police that you will never hear of in the mainstream media. They have long been denied justice and accountability and treated as second class citizens; the opportunity to begin rectifying this wrong rests in your hands.
Fifth, the examination of racist police violence and government responses to antiracism protests, including the alleged use of excessive force against protesters, bystanders and journalists, must not be limited to desk research and/or a call for written submissions through notes verbales. Rather, it must be based on regional hearings and consultations, potentially facilitated by OHCHR’s regional and field offices, that will provide adequate and meaningful opportunities for a wide range of voices and experiences to be presented. Holding public hearings will increase the transparency and legitimacy of the process and outcome. It will also create opportunities to educate the public on racial justice and the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement at this historic juncture. It is possible to conduct more comprehensive outreach and consultations using virtual hearings and meetings, especially when travel and country visits are limited due to COVID-19 or financial constraints.
We stand ready to support you and your dedicated staff as you begin to implement the Council’s resolution. 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
2020
Tamika Palmer, daughter Breonna Taylor killed by Louisville, KY Metro Police Department 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
Amy Fizer, daughter Hannah Renee Fizer killed by Pettis County, MO Police
Jeannie Williams, son John Henry Ross II killed by Harrisonburg City Police, Rockingham County VA Sheriffs, and VA State Police
2019
Desiree Lauren, son Sterling Humbert killed by Carrollton, TX Police
Irma Woodard-Duncklee, son Michael Lee Duncklee killed by Tucson, AZ Police Lisa Finch, daughter Adelina Finch killed by Wichita, KS Police
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 Catherine Young, son D’Quan Young killed by Washington DC Police
Iris E. Salazar, daughter Leslie Salazar killed by Austin, TX 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
Tiffany Simpson, son Logan Simpson killed by Bixby, OK Police
2017
Aaron Heather Nordin, brother Jason Fanning killed by St. Joseph Police
Angelique Negroni-Kearse, husband Andrew Kearse killed by Schenectady Police Annice Evans, son Angel Ramos killed by Vallejo, CA Police
Candance Gipp, brother G. Ryan Gipp Jr. killed by Standing Rock Police Department 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
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 Lisa Finch, son Andrew Finch killed by Wichita, KS Police
Marion Jones-Tamba, son Tyler J. Lee killed by Dekalb County 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
Arlene Molinaro, son Joseph Molinaro killed by Carbondale, PA 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
Kim Thomas, son Earl Shaleek Pickney killed by Harrisburg, PA Police
Kristina Murphy, husband Christopher Murphy killed by Woodland, CA Highway Patrol Lorenza Olivares, son Elias Portillo killed by Dallas, TX Police
Monteria Robinson, son Jamarion Robinson killed by Atlanta, GA Police
Pattie Gonzalez, husband Fermin Vincent Valenzuela killed by Anaheim, CA 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 Winter, nephew Deven Guildford 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 Jindia Blount, brother Juan May killed by Arlington, TX 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 Jones, son 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
Janet Baker, son Jordan Baker killed by Houston, TX Police
Kathi Roberts Gaynier, son Andrew Gaynier killed by Dallas, TX Police
Laurie Valdez, partner Antonio Guzman Lopez killed by San Jose State, CA Police
Lisa Mays-Parramore, son Kelvin Mays killed by Garland, TX 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 Brooks killed by Prince George’s County Police
Pamela Fields, nephew Donte Parker killed by San Bernardino County Sheriff
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
Collette Flanagan, son Clinton Allen killed by Dallas 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-Gregory, son Sebastian Gregory shot by Miami, 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
2010
Alicia Alvarez, son Johnathan Cuevas killed by Los Angeles, CA Sheriff Lynwood Station Dionne Smith, son James Rivera Jr. killed by Stockton, CA Police
2009-2000
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 Vicki & Sara Mokuria, father Tesfaie Mokuria killed by Dallas, TX Police, 1992
Civil Society Organizations, in alphabetical order:
- 350.org
- A Healing Paradigm
- Access Now
- Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
- Adalah Justice Project
- Advocating Opportunity
- Africa Solidarity Centre Ireland
- Africa World Now Project
- African American Center for Global Politics and Human Rights
- African Voices Forum Ltd Africans Rising
- AfriCaribbean ArtsConnections
- Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign
- Agricultural Justice Project
- Agrupación XANGÔ Por la Inclusión y la Justicia Social
- Alaska Community Action on Toxics
- Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition
- Alianza Nacional de Campesinas
- ALQST for Human Rights
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain
- Amie Lopez Law, Inc. Amnesty International Andrew Goodman Foundation Arizona Justice Alliance
- Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE)
- Articulación Latinoamericana para el Decenio Afrodescendiente (ALDA)
- Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
- Asociación de la Comunidad Migrante Dominico Haitiana (ACMDH)
- Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de España (APDHE)
- Asociación Proyecto Caribe Assiwar
- Association des étudiant(e)s afro-descendant(e)s de l’Université de Lausanne
- Association of World Citizens AsylumConnect
- Australian Centre for International Justice
- Autistic Minority International
- Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
- AwokeNet
- Best Practices Policy Project (BPPP)
- Bilitis Foundation Black AIDS Institute
- Black Lives Matter Alliance, Broward
- Black Lives Matter, Memphis
- The Black Sex Worker Collective
- Black Workers for Justice
- Blactivism
- Boston University International Human Rights Clinic
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
- Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)
- California Families United 4 Justice
- Call to Action, Colorado Campaign for Youth Justice
- Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA)
- Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights
- Caribbean Amerindian Development Organization (CADO)
- Casa San Jose
Center for Civil Liberties - Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
- Center for Ideas, Equity & Transformative Change
- Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- Center for Justice and Accountability
- Center for Reproductive Rights
- The Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice
- Center for Social and Constitutional Studies
- Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (CHRUSP)
- Center for Victims of Torture
- Centre for Human Rights Law, SOAS, University of London
- Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales
- Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice at Harvard Law School
- CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
- Coalición de Derechos Humanos
- Coalition for an Ethical Psychology
- Coalition for Restorative Justice
- Coalition of Labor Union Women, San Francisco Chapter
- Coalition Togolaise des Défenseurs des Droits Humains (CTDDH)
- Colectivo Justicia Racial (JusticiaR)
- Collectif Afro-Swiss 8
- Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute
- Community Access, Inc. Community Justice Project Conectas Direitos Humanos
- Conferencia Nacional de Organizaciones Afrocolombianas (CNOA)
- Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA)
- Contra Nocendi International
- Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience
- Cornell Gender Justice Clinic
- Creative Educators International Network, Inc.
- Cultural Survival
- Deepti Bhuban
- Defending Rights & Dissent
- Drug Policy Alliance
- Earth Action, Inc.
- Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR)
- Empathy Surplus Project Foundation
- The Episcopal Church Equal Rights Advocates Equality Now
- Equipo Decenio Afrodescendiente, España
- European Network of People of African Descent (ENPAD)
- European Network of Women of African Descent (ENWAD)
- Eyes Right Veteran’s Foundation
- F’INE Pasifika Aotearoa Facilitate Global
- Families of All Murder Victims (FOAM)
- Families United 4 Justice Network (FU4JNetwork)
- First Peoples Worldwide
- Four Freedoms Forum
- Fourteenth Amendment Group
- The Franklin Law Group, P.C.
- Freedom Network USA
- Fundación Código Humano
- Fundación Vida Grupo Ecológico Verde
- The GAP Gyrlz and Gyz
- Geneva for Human Rights – Global Training (GHR)
- Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
- Global Interfaith Network for People of All Sexes, Sexual
- Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (GIN- SSOGIE)
- Global Justice Center
- Global Justice Clinic, NYU School of Law
- Global Rights Advocacy
- The Global Union & its Permanent Mission to the Global Safety of Nations and their People
- Government Information Watch
- Grata Fund
Gulf Centre for Human Rights - Guyana Reparations Committee
- Haitian Bridge Alliance Harm Reduction International
- Hawai’i Institute for Human Rights
- HBCU Collective
- HEAL Trafficking
- Help & Shelter
- Higher Ground Change Strategies
- Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, USA-JPIC
- Horn Afrik News Agency for Human Rights (HANAHR)
- Human Concern, Inc (HUCON)
- Human Rights Advocates
- Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic, CUNY School of Law
- Human Rights Bahamas
- Human Rights Campaign
- Human Rights Center at Chapel Hill & Carrboro
- Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School of Law
- Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee
- Human Rights Concern, Eritrea (HRCE)
- Human Rights Defenders Network, Sierra Leone
- Human Rights Educators, USA (HREUSA)
- Human Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center
- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- Humanists International
- Humanitaire Plus
- I Am Clean Energy, LLC
- Independent Commission for Human Rights in Africa (CIDH)
- Indigenous Climate Action
- Indigenous Environmental Network
- Indonesian Institute for Independent Judiciary (LeIP)
- Innocent Law, LLC
- Institut des Médias pour la Démocratie et les Droits de l’Homme (IM2DH)
- Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa
- Interfaith Action for Human Rights
- International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law
- International Association of Democratic Lawyers
- International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL)
- International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination (ICAAD)
- International Centre for Ethnic Studies
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
- International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD), Summit Committee
- International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD), Team Spain
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic & Other Minorities (IFPRERLOM)
- International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM)
- International Human Rights Clinic, Duke University School of Law
- International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
- International Human Rights Clinic, University of Chicago Law School
- International Indian Treaty Council
- International Lawyers (INTLawyers)
- International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR)
- International Organization for Indigenous Resource Development
- International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (EAFORD)
- International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)
- International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP)
- International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations (ISMUN)
- Iowa Unitarian Universalist Witness/Advocacy Network
- Irish Council for Civil Liberties
- J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association
- Jericho Movement, Oakland Chapter
- Jewish Voice for Peace Pittsburgh
- JLT Dance Ensemble
- Joe Beasley Foundation
- Jousoryemen Foundation
- Just Associates (JASS)
- Justice Revival
- Justice Roundtable
- Karapatan Alliance
- Kent State Truth Tribunal
- Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP
- Labiosa Center for the Arts LatinoJustice PRLDEF
- Law and Policy Forum for Social Justice
- Law Office of Eshigo P Okasili, LLC
- Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada
- League of Women Voters of the United States
- Legal Aid at Work
- Legal Resources Centre
- LEPA Initiative
- Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (LSVD)
- Ligue des droits de l’Homme (LDH)
- l’Organisation pour les Droits des Personnes d’Ascendance Africaine
- Mainers for Accountable Leadership
- Making Education a Priority (MEaP)
- Malcolm X Center
- Mamas Activating Movements for Abolition and Solidarity (MAMAS)
- Mano Amiga de la Costa Chica
- Matthew Shepard Foundation
- Medical Whistleblower Advocacy Network
- Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
- MidSouth Africa Link, Inc. Migrant Labourers Forum
- Milwaukee County Human Rights Commission
- MindFreedom International
- Minority Rights Group International
- Mommieactivist
- Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition
- Moscow Helsinki group
- Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD)
- Mothers Against Police Brutality (MAPB)
- Mothers of Chicago Police Torture Victims
- Movement Law Lab
- MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights
- Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice, University of Louisville
- Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA)
- Namibia Diverse Women’s Association (NDWA)
- National Action Network
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- National Birth Equity Collaborative
- National Council of Churches USA
- National Council on Independent living
- National Health Care for the Homeless Council
- National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
- National Lawyers Guild
- National Lawyers Guild, Central Arizona
- National Lawyers Guild, International Committee
- National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights
- National Partnership for Women & Families
- National Union of Healthcare Workers
- National Working Positive Coalition
- Native Roots Network
- Nay’dini’aa Na’
- NC Environmental Justice Network
- Negrocentricxs
- New Afrikan People’s Organization/Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
- New Community,
- The New Future Foundation Inc.
- Nia Foundation,
- The No to Women’s Oppression
- Occupy Bergen County, New Jersey
- Odhikar
- Office for the Defense of Rights and Intersectionality (ODRI)
- Office of HBCU Development & International Cooperation
- Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
- Open Society Foundations (OSF)
- Opening Act
- OutRight Action International
- Pan-African Council
- Parity
- Partners for Dignity and Rights
- Partnership for Justice Pax Christi USA, Illinois
- Peer Legislative Advocates, Washington State
- Pioneer Filipino Transgender Men Movement
- Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance
- Planet Ally
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- Portugal the Man Foundation (PTM Foundation)
- Positive Women’s Network, USA (PWN-USA)
- Project Blueprint
- Promise Institute for Human Rights
- Promoting Empowerment Through Awareness for Lesbian and Bisexual Women (PETAL)
- Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PsySR)
- Public Justice Center Rapid Shift
- San Francisco Zen Center
- San Jose State University Human Rights Institute
- Santa Clara Law, International Human Rights Clinic
- Schaghticoke First Nations
- Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness
- Seeding Sovereignty
- Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center
- Sexual Rights Initiative
- Shasta County Arts Council
- Sikh Coalition, The
- Sillage Association
- SISTA Fire
- Sisters Health & Wellness Collective
- Social Justice Guild of The First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta
- Solidarity Sisters Network of Liberia (SoSNoL)
- Sons and Daughters of Africa (SADA), The
- South Austin Coalition
- Southern Anti-Racism Network
- Southwest Native Cultures
- Red Comunitaria de Respuesta al COVID-19 en Puerto Rico
- Relationship Building Associates
- Reseau Nigerien des Defenseurs des Droits Humains
- Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth
- Rights and Democracy Institute (RDI)
- Rise Up America
- Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
- Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference
- Spirit of the Sun at Four Winds American Indian Council in Denver
- Sunny Slaughter Consulting, LLC
- Surviving Race: The Intersection of Injustice, Disability and Human Rights
- Sustainable Development Enterprises
- Swaziland Migrant Mineworkers Association (SWAMMIWA)
- Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)
- Talking Drum Incorporated
- Te Rau Ora
- Terra de Direitos
- The Advocates for Human Rights
- The Human Trafficking Legal Center, The
- The Jordan Davis Foundation, The
- The Lesbian and Gay Association of Liberia (LEGAL), The
- Trans, Gender Diverse & Intersex Activism in Action (GATE)
- TransLatin@ Coalition, The
- Tunisian Human Rights League
- Ubuntu Institute for Community Development
- UN Women Caucus for Women and Girls of African Descent
- UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab, People of African Descent E-Team
- Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)
- United Belize Advocacy Movement
- United Church of Canada, The
- United Confederation of Taíno People
- United Nations Association (UNA-USA), Bronx Chapter
- United Nations Association (UNA-USA), Brooklyn Chapter
- United Nations Association (UNA-USA), Northern New Jersey Chapter
- United Nations Association (UNA-USA), Queens Chapter
- United Nations Association of the USA
- United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples/Sana Global
- United States People Living with HIV Caucus
- Universal Human Rights Defenders Coalition
- University Network for Human Rights
- University of Makeni
- Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights
- US Human Rights Cities Alliance
- US Human Rights Network (USHRN)
- Veterans for Peace
- Veterans for Peace, Chapter 69
- Veterans for Peace, Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter
- Vigilance for Democracy and the Civic State
- War Resisters League
- Washington College of Law, Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law
- Waves Ahead
- We All Rise
- Welfare Warriors
- Well Project, The
- Westside Justice Center
- William Nicholas Gomes, human rights activist and freelance journalist
- Witness at the Border
- Women and Girls of African Descent Caucus Americas and the Caribbean (NGOCSW/NYC)
- Women Lead Network
- Women’s Points Bulletin (WAPB)
- Women’s March Global
- Womxn From the Mountain
- Woodhull Freedom Foundation (WFF)
- Work Group Minnesota for Human Rights
- Workers Center of Central New York
- World Against Racism Network (WARN)
- World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy
- World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
- Yemen Organization for Defending Rights & Democratic Freedoms
- Yemeni Institute for Strategic Affairs
- Yukayeke Guacata