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 : Resources

Biography of Jamil Dakwar (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

Jessica Gonzales' Statement Before the IACHR (03/02/2007)

Statement: Jessica Gonzales at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (02/02/2007)

Custody and Control: A Former Inmate's Account of Abuse in Juvenile Justice (09/29/2006)
"Custody and Control" reports that "delinquent" young girls from backgrounds of intergenerational poverty. Juanita Crawford, 19, spent a year and a half at Lansing Correctional Facility.

Abandoned & Abused: Executive Summary and Recommendations (08/09/2006)

Witness: Khaled El-Masri - Victim of Extraordinary Rendition (07/14/2006)

Witness: Father Roy Bourgeois - Victim of FBI Spying (07/14/2006)

Witness: Jessica Gonzales - Victim of Police Negligence (07/14/2006)

Dimming the Beacon of Freedom: U.S. Violations of the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights - Table of Contents (06/20/2006)

Dimming the Beacon of Freedom U.S. Violations of the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights - Executive Summary (06/20/2006)

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