The RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights
1367 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
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Kerry Kennedy
Kerry
Kennedy has led more than forty human rights delegations to
more than thirty countries over the course of two decades.
Kerry
established the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights in 1987
to ensure the protection of rights codified under the
United Nations Declaration
of Human Rights.
She
has worked on diverse issues such as child labor, disappearances,
indigenous land rights, judicial independence, freedom of expression,
ethnic violence, the environment, and women's rights.
Her
book, Speak Truth to Power, spawned a play by Broadway playwright
Ariel Dorfman, a photo exhibit by Pulitzer Prize winner Eddie
Adams, an award-winning website, an education packet, a series of Public
Service Announcements and a documentary broadcast on PBS.
Kerry
serves as Chair of the Amnesty
International Leadership Council
and serves on boards or advisory committees of Human Rights
First, The Bloody Sunday Trust,
the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial,
the Gleitsman Foundation, The China Information Center, the Committee on the
Administration of Justice
(Northern Ireland), and the International
Campaign for Tibet, among others.
Kerry Kennedy is a member of the Massachusetts and District of Columbia bars.
Established
by family and friends over three decades ago, the Robert F.
Kennedy Memorial, based in Washington, DC, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization that furthers RFK’s vision by advancing respect for human
rights and fighting for social justice around the world.
Robert
F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights
1367
Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC
20036
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