American Civil Liberties Union

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.

Human Rights : General : Publications

Human Rights Begin at Home: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (12/10/2009)

Dignity Denied: The Effect of "Zero Tolerance" Policies on Students' Human Rights (11/17/2008)

Soldiers of Misfortune (05/13/2008)

Brief and Initial Analysis of the United States Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (06/12/2007)

Dimming the Beacon of Freedom: U.S. Violations of the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (06/20/2006)
A Shadow Report by the American Civil Liberties Union prepared for the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the occasion of its review of The United States of America’s Second and Third Periodic Report to the Committee on Human Rights

Out of Step With the World (05/25/2006)
First comprehensive international and comparative analysis of felony disfranchisement policies, examining other western democracies' policies, practices and legal precedents.

Enduring Abuse: Torture and Cruel Treatment by the United States at Home and Abroad (04/27/2006)

Enduring Abuse: Torture and Cruel Treatment by the United States at Home and Abroad - Executive Summary (04/27/2006)

2004 ACLU International Civil Liberties Report (12/10/2004)

The International Civil Liberties Report 2002 (01/31/2003)

IN THIS SECTION

RELATED INFORMATION