Human Rights

We work to ensure that the U.S. government complies with universal human rights principles in addition to the U.S. Constitution. We implement human rights strategies to complement existing ACLU advocacy on national security, immigrants' rights, women's rights and racial justice. Learn more about the national ACLU Human Rights Program and the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)>>

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(03-07-08) International Human Rights Experts Denounce U.S. Record on Racial and Ethnic Discrimination
ACLU Applauds Recommendations And Demands Immediate Action GENEVA—A United Nations committee today issued a strongly worded critique of the United States’ record on racial discrimination and urged the government to make sweeping reforms to policies and laws affecting racial and ethnic minorities, women, and immigrants in this country. The ACLU called on the U.S. government to take vigorous steps to implement the committee’s recommendations and fulfill its human rights treaty obligations. Continued>>

New ACLU Report Details Pervasive Racial Discrimination in America
Group Calls U.S. Report to U.N. a Whitewash NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today released a comprehensive analysis of the pervasive institutionalized, systemic and structural racism in America. The report, Race & Ethnicity in America: Turning a Blind Eye to Injustice, is a response to the U.S. report to the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) released earlier this year. The U.S. report, which the ACLU called a “whitewash,” swept under the rug the dramatic effects of widespread racial and ethnic discrimination in this country. Continued>>