Human + Refugee rights Taskforce
Accountability matters.
Join Alquimia Global to hold decision makers, governments, and abusers accountable for human rights violations against children and refugees currently residing in immigrant detention camps based in the United States. Support us in our efforts to build sustainable humane solutions to release detainees, and to prevent this from ever taking place again.
Why we are here:
To ensure that the human rights of refugee children and adults in detention camps are honored.
to Build a coalition for the human rights and transformation of DACA and Immigrant communities.
To raise awareness of the realities of detainees in detention centers.
To hold accountable participants of human rights violations against detainees through the human rights instruments, civil and social justice frameworks, and national, state, and city legal systems.
To advocate and partner with "Third Safe Countries" to ensure international refugees and migrant rights agreements are honored in the U.S. and throughout the treacherous migrant journey now called "Third Safe Countries."*
To support legislation for immigration reform and systems change implementation work.
**The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950, by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide.
HOW WE WILL DO THIS
Build the foundation for accountability by:
A.
Advancing Latino / Latinx and refugee leadership and visibility in national and international platforms for human rights (i.e., The human rights periodical review UPR, CEDAW, Children's Rights, etc.)
d.
Presenting Human Rights periodical review reports to the U.N. Human Rights Council and submitting our own research and reports as needed.
B.
Relentlessly organize, mobilize, and advocate for a specialized session on the human rights of children, women, and refugees in detention centers.
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Building coalitions by bringing leaders of social justice movements of underrepresented communities together in the US (i.e. Black Lives Matter, Immigrant Rights, and Native Communities).
c.
Assisting the documentation and support identified high-risk cases of human rights abuse for immigrant children and refugees in detention camps.
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Working collaboratively with immigrant and refugee leadership organizations in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Haiti, and Canada or any other country highly impacted by the current exodus to the U.S.
G.
Reframing the narrative and revising the degrading language currently used against individuals and families migrating for safety and humanitarian relief
H.
Supporting voter registration organizations and mobilization for the Latinx vote.
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Supporting strategic advocacy, partnerships, and movement building.
Building long-term sustainability & accountability taskforces.
How you can help:
In recent years, many social justice movements have shown us that to effectively change systems, we need a long-term vision with people’s commitment for results. During this stage, we will analyze our learnings, advance thought leadership, and implement systems change strategies for impact while solidifying our work from Step 1.
Financial support
Donate, fundraise, sponsor, host, and help us reach potential funders to meet our goals for accountability for human rights.
Advocacy
Help us not only build a grassroots movement, but also lead with local, national, and international policies and human rights intervention process.
Volunteer
We have a number of positions to help in operations, design, outreach, mobilize, tech, blog and more.
Mobilize
Help get more people involved to support the cause through activism actions, marches, digital education, etc. at a local and international level.
Become a partner
If you are an agency, institution, or business who already hosts activities on this topic, social change, or have interest in co-hosting activities, sponsor, grant opportunities, etc. consider bringing visibility to the issue until we get the accountability response the community deserves.