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MRG joins families of victims and rights groups in a call for effective implementation of HRC resolution on police violence and structural racism

3 August 2020

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:

  1. 350.org
  2. A Healing Paradigm
  3. Access Now
  4. Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
  5. Adalah Justice Project
  6. Advocating Opportunity
  7. Africa Solidarity Centre Ireland
  8. Africa World Now Project
  9. African American Center for Global Politics and Human Rights
  10. African Voices Forum Ltd Africans Rising
  11. AfriCaribbean ArtsConnections
  12. Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign
  13. Agricultural Justice Project
  14. Agrupación XANGÔ Por la Inclusión y la Justicia Social
  15. Alaska Community Action on Toxics
  16. Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition
  17. Alianza Nacional de Campesinas
  18. ALQST for Human Rights
  19. American Civil Liberties Union
  20. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain
  21. Amie Lopez Law, Inc. Amnesty International Andrew Goodman Foundation Arizona Justice Alliance
  22. Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE)
  23. Articulación Latinoamericana para el Decenio Afrodescendiente (ALDA)
  24. Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
  25. Asociación de la Comunidad Migrante Dominico Haitiana (ACMDH)
  26. Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de España (APDHE)
  27. Asociación Proyecto Caribe Assiwar
  28. Association des étudiant(e)s afro-descendant(e)s de l’Université de Lausanne
  29. Association of World Citizens AsylumConnect
  30. Australian Centre for International Justice
  31. Autistic Minority International
  32. Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
  33. AwokeNet
  34. Best Practices Policy Project (BPPP)
  35. Bilitis Foundation Black AIDS Institute
  36. Black Lives Matter Alliance, Broward
  37. Black Lives Matter, Memphis
  38. The Black Sex Worker Collective
  39. Black Workers for Justice
  40. Blactivism
  41. Boston University International Human Rights Clinic
  42. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
  43. Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)
  44. California Families United 4 Justice
  45. Call to Action, Colorado Campaign for Youth Justice
  46. Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA)
  47. Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights
  48. Caribbean Amerindian Development Organization (CADO)
  49. Casa San Jose
    Center for Civil Liberties
  50. Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
  51. Center for Ideas, Equity & Transformative Change
  52. Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  53. Center for Justice and Accountability
  54. Center for Reproductive Rights
  55. The Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice
  56. Center for Social and Constitutional Studies
  57. Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (CHRUSP)
  58. Center for Victims of Torture
  59. Centre for Human Rights Law, SOAS, University of London
  60. Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales
  61. Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice at Harvard Law School
  62. CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
  63. Coalición de Derechos Humanos
  64. Coalition for an Ethical Psychology
  65. Coalition for Restorative Justice
  66. Coalition of Labor Union Women, San Francisco Chapter
  67. Coalition Togolaise des Défenseurs des Droits Humains (CTDDH)
  68. Colectivo Justicia Racial (JusticiaR)
  69. Collectif Afro-Swiss 8
  70. Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute
  71. Community Access, Inc. Community Justice Project Conectas Direitos Humanos
  72. Conferencia Nacional de Organizaciones Afrocolombianas (CNOA)
  73. Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA)
  74. Contra Nocendi International
  75. Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience
  76. Cornell Gender Justice Clinic
  77. Creative Educators International Network, Inc.
  78. Cultural Survival
  79. Deepti Bhuban
  80. Defending Rights & Dissent
  81. Drug Policy Alliance
  82. Earth Action, Inc.
  83. Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR)
  84. Empathy Surplus Project Foundation
  85. The Episcopal Church Equal Rights Advocates Equality Now
  86. Equipo Decenio Afrodescendiente, España
  87. European Network of People of African Descent (ENPAD)
  88. European Network of Women of African Descent (ENWAD)
  89. Eyes Right Veteran’s Foundation
  90. F’INE Pasifika Aotearoa Facilitate Global
  91. Families of All Murder Victims (FOAM)
  92. Families United 4 Justice Network (FU4JNetwork)
  93. First Peoples Worldwide
  94. Four Freedoms Forum
  95. Fourteenth Amendment Group
  96. The Franklin Law Group, P.C.
  97. Freedom Network USA
  98. Fundación Código Humano
  99. Fundación Vida Grupo Ecológico Verde
  100. The GAP Gyrlz and Gyz
  101. Geneva for Human Rights – Global Training (GHR)
  102. Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
  103. Global Interfaith Network for People of All Sexes, Sexual
  104. Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (GIN- SSOGIE)
  105. Global Justice Center
  106. Global Justice Clinic, NYU School of Law
  107. Global Rights Advocacy
  108. The Global Union & its Permanent Mission to the Global Safety of Nations and their People
  109. Government Information Watch
  110. Grata Fund
    Gulf Centre for Human Rights
  111. Guyana Reparations Committee
  112. Haitian Bridge Alliance Harm Reduction International
  113. Hawai’i Institute for Human Rights
  114. HBCU Collective
  115. HEAL Trafficking
  116. Help & Shelter
  117. Higher Ground Change Strategies
  118. Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, USA-JPIC
  119. Horn Afrik News Agency for Human Rights (HANAHR)
  120. Human Concern, Inc (HUCON)
  121. Human Rights Advocates
  122. Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic, CUNY School of Law
  123. Human Rights Bahamas
  124. Human Rights Campaign
  125. Human Rights Center at Chapel Hill & Carrboro
  126. Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School of Law
  127. Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee
  128. Human Rights Concern, Eritrea (HRCE)
  129. Human Rights Defenders Network, Sierra Leone
  130. Human Rights Educators, USA (HREUSA)
  131. Human Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center
  132. Human Rights Watch (HRW)
  133. Humanists International
  134. Humanitaire Plus
  135. I Am Clean Energy, LLC
  136. Independent Commission for Human Rights in Africa (CIDH)
  137. Indigenous Climate Action
  138. Indigenous Environmental Network
  139. Indonesian Institute for Independent Judiciary (LeIP)
  140. Innocent Law, LLC
  141. Institut des Médias pour la Démocratie et les Droits de l’Homme (IM2DH)
  142. Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa
  143. Interfaith Action for Human Rights
  144. International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law
  145. International Association of Democratic Lawyers
  146. International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL)
  147. International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination (ICAAD)
  148. International Centre for Ethnic Studies
  149. International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
  150. International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD), Summit Committee
  151. International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD), Team Spain
  152. International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
  153. International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic & Other Minorities (IFPRERLOM)
  154. International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM)
  155. International Human Rights Clinic, Duke University School of Law
  156. International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
  157. International Human Rights Clinic, University of Chicago Law School
  158. International Indian Treaty Council
  159. International Lawyers (INTLawyers)
  160. International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR)
  161. International Organization for Indigenous Resource Development
  162. International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (EAFORD)
  163. International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)
  164. International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP)
  165. International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations (ISMUN)
  166. Iowa Unitarian Universalist Witness/Advocacy Network
  167. Irish Council for Civil Liberties
  168. J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association
  169. Jericho Movement, Oakland Chapter
  170. Jewish Voice for Peace Pittsburgh
  171. JLT Dance Ensemble
  172. Joe Beasley Foundation
  173. Jousoryemen Foundation
  174. Just Associates (JASS)
  175. Justice Revival
  176. Justice Roundtable
  177. Karapatan Alliance
  178. Kent State Truth Tribunal
  179. Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP
  180. Labiosa Center for the Arts LatinoJustice PRLDEF
  181. Law and Policy Forum for Social Justice
  182. Law Office of Eshigo P Okasili, LLC
  183. Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada
  184. League of Women Voters of the United States
  185. Legal Aid at Work
  186. Legal Resources Centre
  187. LEPA Initiative
  188. Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (LSVD)
  189. Ligue des droits de l’Homme (LDH)
  190. l’Organisation pour les Droits des Personnes d’Ascendance Africaine
  191. Mainers for Accountable Leadership
  192. Making Education a Priority (MEaP)
  193. Malcolm X Center
  194. Mamas Activating Movements for Abolition and Solidarity (MAMAS)
  195. Mano Amiga de la Costa Chica
  196. Matthew Shepard Foundation
  197. Medical Whistleblower Advocacy Network
  198. Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
  199. MidSouth Africa Link, Inc. Migrant Labourers Forum
  200. Milwaukee County Human Rights Commission
  201. MindFreedom International
  202. Minority Rights Group International
  203. Mommieactivist
  204. Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition
  205. Moscow Helsinki group
  206. Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD)
  207. Mothers Against Police Brutality (MAPB)
  208. Mothers of Chicago Police Torture Victims
  209. Movement Law Lab
  210. MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights
  211. Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice, University of Louisville
  212. Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA)
  213. Namibia Diverse Women’s Association (NDWA)
  214. National Action Network
  215. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  216. National Birth Equity Collaborative
  217. National Council of Churches USA
  218. National Council on Independent living
  219. National Health Care for the Homeless Council
  220. National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
  221. National Lawyers Guild
  222. National Lawyers Guild, Central Arizona
  223. National Lawyers Guild, International Committee
  224. National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights
  225. National Partnership for Women & Families
  226. National Union of Healthcare Workers
  227. National Working Positive Coalition
  228. Native Roots Network
  229. Nay’dini’aa Na’
  230. NC Environmental Justice Network
  231. Negrocentricxs
  232. New Afrikan People’s Organization/Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
  233. New Community,
  234. The New Future Foundation Inc.
  235. Nia Foundation,
  236. The No to Women’s Oppression
  237. Occupy Bergen County, New Jersey
  238. Odhikar
  239. Office for the Defense of Rights and Intersectionality (ODRI)
  240. Office of HBCU Development & International Cooperation
  241. Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  242. Open Society Foundations (OSF)
  243. Opening Act
  244. OutRight Action International
  245. Pan-African Council
  246. Parity
  247. Partners for Dignity and Rights
  248. Partnership for Justice Pax Christi USA, Illinois
  249. Peer Legislative Advocates, Washington State
  250. Pioneer Filipino Transgender Men Movement
  251. Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance
  252. Planet Ally
  253. Planned Parenthood Federation of America
  254. Portugal the Man Foundation (PTM Foundation)
  255. Positive Women’s Network, USA (PWN-USA)
  256. Project Blueprint
  257. Promise Institute for Human Rights
  258. Promoting Empowerment Through Awareness for Lesbian and Bisexual Women (PETAL)
  259. Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PsySR)
  260. Public Justice Center Rapid Shift
  261. San Francisco Zen Center
  262. San Jose State University Human Rights Institute
  263. Santa Clara Law, International Human Rights Clinic
  264. Schaghticoke First Nations
  265. Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness
  266. Seeding Sovereignty
  267. Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center
  268. Sexual Rights Initiative
  269. Shasta County Arts Council
  270. Sikh Coalition, The
  271. Sillage Association
  272. SISTA Fire
  273. Sisters Health & Wellness Collective
  274. Social Justice Guild of The First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta
  275. Solidarity Sisters Network of Liberia (SoSNoL)
  276. Sons and Daughters of Africa (SADA), The
  277. South Austin Coalition
  278. Southern Anti-Racism Network
  279. Southwest Native Cultures
  280. Red Comunitaria de Respuesta al COVID-19 en Puerto Rico
  281. Relationship Building Associates
  282. Reseau Nigerien des Defenseurs des Droits Humains
  283. Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth
  284. Rights and Democracy Institute (RDI)
  285. Rise Up America
  286. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
  287. Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference
  288. Spirit of the Sun at Four Winds American Indian Council in Denver
  289. Sunny Slaughter Consulting, LLC
  290. Surviving Race: The Intersection of Injustice, Disability and Human Rights
  291. Sustainable Development Enterprises
  292. Swaziland Migrant Mineworkers Association (SWAMMIWA)
  293. Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)
  294. Talking Drum Incorporated
  295. Te Rau Ora
  296. Terra de Direitos
  297. The Advocates for Human Rights
  298. The Human Trafficking Legal Center, The
  299. The Jordan Davis Foundation, The
  300. The Lesbian and Gay Association of Liberia (LEGAL), The
  301. Trans, Gender Diverse & Intersex Activism in Action (GATE)
  302. TransLatin@ Coalition, The
  303. Tunisian Human Rights League
  304. Ubuntu Institute for Community Development
  305. UN Women Caucus for Women and Girls of African Descent
  306. UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab, People of African Descent E-Team
  307. Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)
  308. United Belize Advocacy Movement
  309. United Church of Canada, The
  310. United Confederation of Taíno People
  311. United Nations Association (UNA-USA), Bronx Chapter
  312. United Nations Association (UNA-USA), Brooklyn Chapter
  313. United Nations Association (UNA-USA), Northern New Jersey Chapter
  314. United Nations Association (UNA-USA), Queens Chapter
  315. United Nations Association of the USA
  316. United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples/Sana Global
  317. United States People Living with HIV Caucus
  318. Universal Human Rights Defenders Coalition
  319. University Network for Human Rights
  320. University of Makeni
  321. Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights
  322. US Human Rights Cities Alliance
  323. US Human Rights Network (USHRN)
  324. Veterans for Peace
  325. Veterans for Peace, Chapter 69
  326. Veterans for Peace, Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter
  327. Vigilance for Democracy and the Civic State
  328. War Resisters League
  329. Washington College of Law, Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law
  330. Waves Ahead
  331. We All Rise
  332. Welfare Warriors
  333. Well Project, The
  334. Westside Justice Center
  335. William Nicholas Gomes, human rights activist and freelance journalist
  336. Witness at the Border
  337. Women and Girls of African Descent Caucus Americas and the Caribbean (NGOCSW/NYC)
  338. Women Lead Network
  339. Women’s Points Bulletin (WAPB)
  340. Women’s March Global
  341. Womxn From the Mountain
  342. Woodhull Freedom Foundation (WFF)
  343. Work Group Minnesota for Human Rights
  344. Workers Center of Central New York
  345. World Against Racism Network (WARN)
  346. World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy
  347. World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
  348. Yemen Organization for Defending Rights & Democratic Freedoms
  349. Yemeni Institute for Strategic Affairs
  350. Yukayeke Guacata