Human Rights First

Human Rights First (formerly known as the Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights[1]) is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3),[2] international human rights organization based in New York City and Washington, D.C.[3] In 2004, Human Rights First started its "End Torture Now" campaign.[4] The organization also runs the Fighting Discrimination program which focuses on hate crimes.

This article is about a US-based human rights organization. For the Saudi human rights organization with a similar name, see Human Rights First Society.
Human Rights First
Formation1978
HeadquartersNew York, NY
President/CEO
Michael Breen
Former President
Michael Posner
Websitehumanrightsfirst.org

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.[5]

Members of the board include:

Human Rights First's pro bono legal representation program matches lawyers with asylum-seekers who need help and would not otherwise be able to afford high-quality legal representation.[7]

HRF helps asylum seekers living in the greater Washington D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles metropolitan areas who do not already have legal representation, cannot afford an attorney, and need help with a claim for asylum or other protection-based form of immigration status. The organization's New York office can also help people who are seeking asylum from within a nearby immigration detention center.[8]

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
  1. IRS Form 1023 Application for Recognition of Exemption. (1982). Human Rights First website Archived 2016-10-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. "Human Rights First". www.charitywatch.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  3. About Us, humanrightsfirst.org
  4. "Human Rights First Leader to Speak". today.duke.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  5. "Board Archives". Human Rights First. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  6. Oprysko, Caitlin. "FARA chief leaves DOJ". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  7. "Asylum". Human Rights First. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  8. "The Fight to Reform the U.S. Asylum System: A Conversation with Human Rights First's Becky Gendelman". Latina Republic. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
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