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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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Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (03/07/2008)

Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — Frequently Asked Questions (02/28/2008)

Statement by Akifur Rahman to the 72nd session of Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (02/18/2008)

Statement by Jamil Dakwar on Behalf of the ACLU to the Human Rights Council 6th Session (12/12/2007)

Protecting the Most Vulnerable: A Call to Action on Behalf of Detained Children (11/20/2007)

Biography of Jamil Dakwar (07/18/2007)

Biography of Ashwini Hardikar (07/18/2007)

Biography of Chandra Bhatnagar (07/18/2007)

About the ACLU's Human Rights Program (07/18/2007)

Biography of Frank Knaack (07/12/2007)

Briefing Materials Submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants (04/02/2007)
Briefing Materials Submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants by the Detention and Deportation Working Group

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