Press Releases | American Civil Liberties Union

Oct 03, 2022

ACLU Comment on United Nations Reports on Law Enforcement Data Collection and Lack of Progress on Transformative Change

GENEVA — Following the United Nations Human Rights Council’s historic George Floyd resolution last July, the U.N. Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law...

Issue Areas: Human Rights

Aug 30, 2022

ACLU Urges Biden Administration to Heed UN Racial Justice Committee Recommendations

GENEVA — The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination released a scathing assessment of United States’ racial justice record today. The committee’...

Issue Areas: Human Rights

Aug 08, 2022

ACLU and HRW Urge U.S. to Dismantle Structures of Racism Now

U.N. Review of U.S. Record on Racial Justice Should Prompt White House Action

Issue Areas: Human Rights

Jun 15, 2022

New ACLU/GHRC Report Finds Widespread Coercion and Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers Nationwide

NEW YORK — Incarcerated workers in American prisons generate billions of dollars worth of goods and services annually but are paid pennies per hour without proper training or opp...

Issue Areas: Human Rights Prisoners' Rights

Feb 28, 2022

ACLU Petitions Supreme Court on Behalf of Wrongly Convicted Jamaican Fishermen

Weir v. United States Will Ask the Supreme Court to Decide Whether Congress Has the Power to Criminalize Conduct by Foreign Nationals, Aboard Foreign-Flagged Vessels on the High Seas

Issue Areas: Human Rights National Security

Court case: Weir v. U.S.

Oct 14, 2021

ACLU Urges Biden Administration to Prioritize Human Rights in Domestic Policy Following Uncontested Election to United Nations Human Rights Council

NEW YORK — The United States was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the Western group in an uncontested election today, more than three years after the Trump ...

Issue Areas: Human Rights

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