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 : Fact Sheets

FAQ: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (12/10/2008)

Trafficking and Exploitation of Migrant Domestic Workers by Diplomats and Staff of International Organizations in the United States (01/17/2007)
Millions of people are employed as domestic workers in American homes. Yet, while domestic workers care for America's homes and families, employers frequently subject migrant women workers to illegal and abusive working conditions.

Trapped in the Home: Global Trafficking and Exploitation of Migrant Domestic Workers (01/17/2007)
According to the UN, 12.3 million people are being held in conditions of forced labor and/or servitude at any one time. Eighty percent of these victims are women and girls.

FAQ - The Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (ICCPR) (06/20/2006)

FAQ - The Convention Against Torture (04/27/2006)

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