Civil Rights Division

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The Civil Rights Division is a branch of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for enforcing federal laws that prohibit discrimination and protect civil rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights enforcement agency
division of the United States Department of Justice
appliesToJurisdiction United States territories
surface form: U.S. territories

United States of America
surface form: United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
employer federal civil service employees
fieldOfWork anti-discrimination law
civil rights
disability rights
education discrimination
employment discrimination
hate crimes enforcement
housing discrimination
human trafficking enforcement
institutional conditions of confinement
language access rights
police misconduct
religious freedom protection
voting rights
hasPart Administrative Management Section
Appellate Section
Coordination and Review Section
Criminal Section
Civil Rights Division self-linksurface differs
surface form: Disability Rights Section

Educational Opportunities Section
Employment Litigation Section
Federal Coordination and Compliance Section
Front Office
Housing and Civil Enforcement Section
Immigrant and Employee Rights Section
Civil Rights Division self-linksurface differs
surface form: Office of the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights

Policy and Strategy Section
Special Litigation Section
Voting Section
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
industry civil rights enforcement
law enforcement
public administration
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalAuthority Americans with Disabilities Act
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
Equal Educational Opportunities Act
Fair Housing Act of 1968
surface form: Fair Housing Act

Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act
Help America Vote Act
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
National Voter Registration Act
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
Title IX
surface form: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (as enforced through coordination and review)

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Trafficking Victims Protection Act
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (civil enforcement in certain contexts)
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
Voting Rights Act of 1965
legalForm federal government agency component
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia
missionStatement to enforce federal statutes prohibiting discrimination and to uphold the civil and constitutional rights of all people in the United States
officeHeldBy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
parentOrganization United States Department of Justice
partOf United States Department of Justice
positionHeld Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division
surface form: Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
responsibleFor addressing patterns or practices of police misconduct
enforcing disability rights laws
enforcing employment discrimination laws against state and local government employers
enforcing federal civil rights laws
enforcing federal housing discrimination laws
enforcing federal voting rights protections
enforcing language access requirements for recipients of federal financial assistance
filing statements of interest and amicus briefs in civil rights cases
investigating and prosecuting hate crimes
prosecuting human trafficking offenses
protecting religious exercise and religious land use rights
protecting the rights of institutionalized persons
usesMethod civil litigation
consent decrees
criminal prosecution
investigation
mediation and settlement agreements
technical assistance and guidance
website https://www.justice.gov/crt

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Civil Rights Division
Description of subject: The Civil Rights Division is a branch of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for enforcing federal laws that prohibit discrimination and protect civil rights.

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Department of Justice oversees Civil Rights Division
Civil Rights Act of 1957 established Civil Rights Division
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice
Civil Rights Act of 1957 createdBody Civil Rights Division
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Division (U.S. Department of Justice)
Civil Rights Division hasPart Civil Rights Division self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Disability Rights Section
Civil Rights Division hasPart Civil Rights Division self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Office of the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
United States Attorney General supervises Civil Rights Division
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice
Appellate Section partOf Civil Rights Division
Appellate Section parentOrganization Civil Rights Division
Criminal Section partOf Civil Rights Division
subject surface form: Criminal Section (U.S. DOJ Civil Rights Division)
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Division (U.S. Department of Justice)
Educational Opportunities Section partOf Civil Rights Division
Educational Opportunities Section parentAgency Civil Rights Division
Employment Litigation Section partOf Civil Rights Division
Employment Litigation Section parentAgency Civil Rights Division
Housing and Civil Enforcement Section partOf Civil Rights Division
Housing and Civil Enforcement Section subdivisionOf Civil Rights Division
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
Immigrant and Employee Rights Section partOf Civil Rights Division
Policy and Strategy Section partOf Civil Rights Division
Policy and Strategy Section parentOrganization Civil Rights Division
Voting Section partOf Civil Rights Division
Administrative Management Section partOf Civil Rights Division
Coordination and Review Section partOf Civil Rights Division
Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act administeredBy Civil Rights Division
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
Special Litigation Section partOf Civil Rights Division
National Voter Registration Act enforcedBy Civil Rights Division
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights heads Civil Rights Division
Office for Civil Rights collaboratesWith Civil Rights Division
subject surface form: Office for Civil Rights (HHS)
this entity surface form: Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act enforcedBy Civil Rights Division
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
HCE Section partOf Civil Rights Division
Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices partOf Civil Rights Division
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
IER partOf Civil Rights Division
subject surface form: Immigrant and Employee Rights Section
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice
IER parentOrganization Civil Rights Division
subject surface form: Immigrant and Employee Rights Section
DOJ Civil Rights Division Voting Section partOf Civil Rights Division
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
FCS partOf Civil Rights Division
subject surface form: Federal Coordination and Compliance Section
CRIPA authorizes Civil Rights Division
subject surface form: Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
this entity surface form: DOJ Civil Rights Division
CRIPA oversightBy Civil Rights Division
subject surface form: Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Division Special Litigation Section
United States Department of Justice investigations into the King assassination conductedBy Civil Rights Division
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice
Community Relations Service partOf Civil Rights Division
this entity surface form: United States Department of Justice Civil Rights components
Newark Police Department cooperatesWith Civil Rights Division
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act enforcementBy Civil Rights Division
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act enforcedBy Civil Rights Division
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division cooperatesWith Civil Rights Division
subject surface form: Civil Rights Division (Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office)
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division