Category: Human Rights First

NEW YORK CITY—In response to President Donald Trump’s speech at the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Human Rights First’s Senior Vice President for Policy Rob Berschinski issued the following statement:

“In his short, taped remarks…

WASHINGTON  — Human Rights First expressed its strong opposition to another proposed rule for the U.S. processing of asylum claims, slated to be issued on September 23, 2020, that would lead many refugees to be denied asylum unfairly or on absurd techn…

WASHINGTON – The United States, the rule of law, and the field of human rights lost a hero and a champion when Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away Friday. 

From her early career working to protect and advance the rights of …

Experts including epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists find that Trump administration’s rationale for proposed rule denying refugees protection is a misuse of science and public health practice

WASHINGTON — Human Rights First’s Rob Berschinski issued the following statement in response to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s unveiling of the draft report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights: 

From the beginning, the Commission on Unalienable …

WASHINGTON — Human Rights First today welcomed announcements by the U.S. government that it had implemented targeted sanctions against four Chinese government officials and one Chinese government security agency for their roles in the ongoing ethnic cl…

Human Rights First welcomed the UN Human Rights Council  “urgent debate” on “race-based human rights violations, systemic racism, police violence[…]

WASHINGTON – While protests for racial justice and against police brutality continue in American cities, over 500 American military veterans have joined to sign a letter urging the government not to use the U.S. military as a tool to suppress protester…

After Observation of Commission’s Public Meetings, HRF Recommends Commission Focus on Correcting Administration’s Abysmal Human Rights Record

WASHINGTON – Human Rights First today strongly urged members of the Department of State’s Commission on Unali…

WASHINGTON D.C. — On April 13, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced the Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and Security Together (FIRST) Act, which would direct Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to…