Community members gather at Barlow Plaza in downtown Rochester on Saturday, March 8, 2025, for a demonstration in support of Palestinians, immigrants, transgender and human rights.

In 2023, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Human Rights supported the launch of the National Observatory on Violence against Educators to study the harassment and censorship of teachers.

Ethel Kennedy, a human rights activist who was the widow of Robert F. Kennedy and matriarch in the political family, died on Oct. 10, 2024, at age 96. See her accomplished life in photos ...

Compton, CA - June 22: A horse waits before partaking in the the Human Rights Unity Ride as ongoing ICE raids take place across the greater Los Angeles Area on on Sunday, June 22, 2025 in Compton, CA.

There are 25 others, and they all outline the fundamentals of our human rights. Drafted in 1948 in the aftermath of apocalypse in World War Two, these words represent hope for the future.

After her husband was assassinated in June 1968, Ethel founded the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights and devoted the rest of her life to public service.