Human Rights First
{{Short description|US-based non-profit organization}}
{{about|the US-based human rights organization|the Saudi Arabian human rights organization|Human Rights First Society}}
{{Infobox Organization
| name = Human Rights First
| image = Human Rights First logo.png
| leader_title = President/CEO
| leader_name = Michael Breen (human rights activist)
| leader_title2 = Former President
| leader_name2 = Michael Posner
| headquarters = New York, New York
| formation = 1978
| website = {{url|humanrightsfirst.org}}
}}
Human Rights First (formerly known as the Lawyers Committee for International Human RightsIRS Form 1023 Application for Recognition of Exemption. (1982). [https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/uploads/pdfs/annualreport/human-rights-first-form-1023.pdf Human Rights First website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015185006/http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/uploads/pdfs/annualreport/human-rights-first-form-1023.pdf |date=2016-10-15 }} Retrieved 2 December 2018.) is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3),{{Cite web|title=Human Rights First|url=https://www.charitywatch.org/charities/human-rights-first|access-date=2021-04-21|website=www.charitywatch.org|language=en}} international human rights organization based in New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.[https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/about About Us], humanrightsfirst.org
Its work centers on four main issue areas: authoritarianism, extremism, systemic injustice and the abuse of technology. It closely works with lawyers, veterans and security experts, technologists, and allied advocates to further its policy agenda.
In 2004, it launched an "End Torture Now" campaign.{{Cite web|title=Human Rights First Leader to Speak|url=https://today.duke.edu/node/112920|access-date=2021-04-23|website=today.duke.edu|date=14 March 2007 |language=en}} The organization also runs the Fighting Discrimination program which focuses on hate crimes.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
Board of directors
Human Rights First is governed by a board of directors composed of 92 members, including a 30-person Board of Advocates and a 13-person Emeritus Board.{{Cite web |title=Board Archives |url=https://humanrightsfirst.org/people/group/board/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Human Rights First |language=en-US}}
Members of the board include:
- Jay Carney, Global Head of Policy and Communications at Airbnb
- Sarah Cleveland, Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights Columbia University Law School
- Ben Jealous, Executive Director of the Sierra Club
- Kerry Kennedy, President of RFK Human Rights
- Robert A. Mandell, former Ambassador to Luxembourg; Chairman and CEO of Greater Properties, Inc. (Ret.)
- Carlos Pascual, Senior Vice President at IHS Markit
- Nazanin Rafsanjani, former head of New Show Development at Gimlet Media and Spotify{{Cite web|last=Oprysko|first=Caitlin|title=FARA chief leaves DOJ|url=https://politi.co/3oJ8gDN|access-date=2021-05-17|website=POLITICO|language=en}}
- Mona Sutphen, Senior Advisor at The Vistria Group
Selected publications
- The War Against Children: South Africa’s Youngest Victims, Desmond Tutu, 1986. {{ISBN|9780934143004}}
- Vigilantes in the Philippines: A Threat to Democratic Rule, Diane Orentlicher, 1988. {{ISBN|9780934143035}}
- Refuge Denied: Problems in the Protection of Vietnamese and Cambodians in Thailand and the Admission of Indochinese Refugees into the United States, Albert Santoli, 1989. {{ISBN|9780934143202}}
- Paper Laws, Steel Bayonets: Breakdown of the Rule of Law in Haiti, Elliot Schrage, 1990. {{ISBN|9780934143387}}
- Childhood Abducted: Children Cutting Sugar Cane in the Dominican Republic, Theresa A. Amato, 1991. {{ISBN|9780934143424}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080130171740/http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/antisemitism/voices/transcript/?content=20071206 Interview with Michael Posner] from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090506001559/http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/antisemitism/voices/transcript/?content=20081120 Interview with Tad Stahnke] from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Category:Non-profit organizations based in New York City
Category:Human rights organizations based in the United States