Civil Rights Division

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civil rights enforcement agency division of the United States Department of Justice

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.

Aliases (8)

Civil Rights Division (U.S. Department of Justice) ×2
Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ×2
Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice ×1
Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice ×1
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division ×1
Disability Rights Section ×1
Office of the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights ×1
U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division ×1

Statements (83)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights enforcement agency → division of the United States Department of Justice →
appliesToJurisdiction	U.S. territories → United States →
country	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 → 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 → 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	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 → 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 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 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 →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Administrative Management Section → Appellate Section → Coordination and Review Section → Criminal Section (U.S. DOJ Civil Rights Division) ("Civil Rights Division (U.S. Department of Justice)") → Educational Opportunities Section → Employment Litigation Section → Federal Coordination and Compliance Section → Housing and Civil Enforcement Section → Immigrant and Employee Rights Section → Policy and Strategy Section → Special Litigation Section → Voting Section →	partOf
Administrative Management Section → Appellate Section → Coordination and Review Section → Policy and Strategy Section →	parentOrganization
Civil Rights Division ("Disability Rights Section") → Civil Rights Division ("Office of the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights") →	hasPart
Educational Opportunities Section → Employment Litigation Section →	parentAgency
Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice") →	administeredBy
Office for Civil Rights (HHS) ("Department of Justice Civil Rights Division") →	collaboratesWith
Civil Rights Act of 1957 ("Civil Rights Division (U.S. Department of Justice)") →	createdBody
National Voter Registration Act ("Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice") →	enforcedBy
Civil Rights Act of 1957 ("Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice") →	established
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights →	heads
United States Department of Justice →	oversees
Housing and Civil Enforcement Section ("U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division") →	subdivisionOf
United States Attorney General ("Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice") →	supervises