Join us on September 26th at our Women's Rights House Party for great food, lively conversation, and to learn about our work to promote the human rights of women in the U.S.A. and around the world! RSVP here: https://ow.ly/vPbC50Tez9P #womensrights
The Advocates for Human Rights
Non-profit Organizations
Minneapolis, Minnesota 6,971 followers
Working locally and globally to fight injustice, restore peace, save lives, and build the human rights movement.
About us
The Advocates for Human Rights envisions a world in which every person lives with dignity, freedom, justice, equality, and peace. We are a non-profit, volunteer-based organization that investigates and exposes human rights violations such as violence against women; represents immigrants and refugees in our community who are victims of human rights abuses; trains and assists groups that protect human rights; and uses research, education, and advocacy to engage the public, policy makers, and children in our mission of implementing international human rights standards to promote civil society and reinforce the rule of law.
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http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org
External link for The Advocates for Human Rights
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- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1983
- Specialties
- Human Rights, Women's Human Rights, Refugee and Immigrant Rights, International Justice, Human Rights Education, Research, Education, and Advocacy
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330 Second Avenue South
Suite 800
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401, US
Employees at The Advocates for Human Rights
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Gretchen Piper
President, Gretchen Piper Consulting, LLC, consulting for organizational strategy and fundraising
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Kris Arneson
Assistant Chief of Police (ret) Minneapolis Police Department FBINA 193
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Rosalyn Park
Director, Women's Human Rights Program
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Amy Lange
Immigration Court Observation, Project Coordinator, The Advocates for Human Rights
Updates
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One of our partners, Progres Foundation, was quoted in this article about how Turkmenistan's crackdown on abortion puts lives at risk: https://ow.ly/vXRk50TaWUv We recently collaborated with Progres Foundation on a UN report reviewing the Criminal Code, the Administrative Code, and the Criminal Procedural Code of Turkmenistan. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/g6JAX9bA
Turkmenistan's Crackdown On Abortion Puts Lives At Risk, Doctors Warn
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The Advocates for Human Rights reposted this
All people have a right to health, safety, dignity, and justice. Too often, people engaged in transactional sex face violence, health disparities, stigma, procedural injustice, and systemic harm. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/9thE50SuY2o
Building Common Ground: A Practical Policy Approach to Transactional Sex - Gender Policy Report
https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu
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Though Laos hasn't executed anyone since 1989, and is thus abolitionist in practice, it still retains the death penalty in its laws and has approximately 315 people on death row. Why does a country that hasn't carried out the death penalty in 35 years cling to it so vehemently? Learn more: https://ow.ly/UVcp50T7JvX
Drug Trafficking & the Death Penalty in Laos - The Advocates for Human Rights
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Read an article from our Women's Program Intern, Nilofar Painda, about her journey from Afghanistan and her commitment to be a voice for her Afghan sisters: https://ow.ly/jv0450T5gfp
My Journey: From Afghanistan to Empowerment - The Advocates for Human Rights
theadvocatesforhumanrights.org
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Are you looking for an upcoming CLE? If so, we are leading a training for pro-bono volunteers who are writing reports to the Committee Against Torture and the Universal Periodic Review. Learn how you can help The Advocates report for the UPR and the CAT. Sign-up for our two CLEs happening on Thursday, August 24th. https://ow.ly/li9n50T2uY6
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For 3 years, Afghans have been waiting for America to fulfill its promise: remaining in danger in Afghanistan, concerned about families left behind, or in limbo without permanence in the US. We must #StandWithAfghans. #3YearsTooLong
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Injustice is an inherent part of the very fabric that makes up our death penalty system. Whether outdated junk science, "coaching" witnesses with pseudo-scientific hypnosis, or using victims' family members as political props, our criminal legal system's reliance on the death penalty is a simplistic approach that fails to promote justice. https://ow.ly/YQT850SX2H1
Opinion | The Science That Put This Man on Death Row Has Been Debunked. He’s Going to Be Executed Anyway.
https://www.nytimes.com
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This episode of The Advocast features a speech from Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project and recipient of The Advocates' Special Recognition Award at this year's Human Rights Awards Dinner. This episode also included a brief introduction by Michele McKenzie, Deputy Director at The Advocates. Listen here: https://ow.ly/2Vx650SQhxP
Lee Gelernt - Episode 19 by The Advocast
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As conditions in ICE detention continue to deteriorate, ICE is trying to open new jails across the country. This week The Advocates joined 221 organizations in demanding that administration halt ICE’s immigration detention expansion efforts, restore free phone access to people in detention, and protect the basic rights of people in the agency’s custody. Read the letter at https://bit.ly/lettertoICE and sign the petition to demand Biden shutdown detention centers at bit.ly/BIDENENDDETENTION
NGO Letter regarding ICE Detention - July 2024.pdf
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