Since 2004, the ACLU Human Rights Program (along with other ACLU national projects, our legislative office in D.C. and affiliate offices across the country) has ... Read More
Today the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, is holding a hearing entitled "The Law of the Land: U.S. Implementation of Human Rights ... Read More
Today marks “Human Rights Day” and the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR, arguably the founding document of the ... Read More
(Originally posted on FDL's The Seminal.)
December 3 marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day where we mobilize support for the dignity, ... Read More
This coming Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most comprehensive treaty on children’s rights. The convention ... Read More
Today, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Sullivan v. Florida and Graham v. Florida. In both cases, the petitioners argued that when a child is sentenced to life ... Read More
The U.S. is the world's leading incarcerator with over 2.3 million people – or 1 in 99 adults – in prisons and jails across the country. Our ... Read More
Tomorrow marks World Day Against the Death Penalty, and it is only fitting that a global call was issued to abolish the practice. We join the ambassadors of the ... Read More
In a letter to the Obama administration made public today, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expressed concerns over a ... Read More
