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The ACLU Human Rights Program works to ensure that the U.S. government complies with universal human rights principles in addition to the U.S. Constitution. The Program uses human rights strategies to complement existing ACLU advocacy on national security, immigrants' rights, women's rights and racial justice. Learn more about the Human Rights Program.


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Biography of Benjamin Smyser

Benjamin Smyser is a Legal Administrative Assistant in the ACLU’s Human Rights Program, National Security Project and John Adams Project. Ben graduated from Wesleyan University in 2008 with a Bachelors of Arts in Government.

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