Human and Civil Rights
The Human and Civil Rights Task Force addresses a wide range of issues including freedom of speech, LGBTQ rights, reproductive rights, and religious freedom. They collaborate with several Task Forces around topics related to mass incarceration, racial and ethnic profiling, police brutality, unequal treatment of minorities, upholding the Voting Rights Act, and protecting children’s rights, among others.
Task Force Leadership 2024-2025
Recent Resolutions
Defending the Right to Abortion and Equal Access to Reproductive Healthcare
Calling for Compensation to Victims of Forced Sterilization
Ban the Abusive and Unscientific Practice of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity Conversion Therapy
Solidarity with Cuban people demonstrating peacefully for fundamental freedoms
End State-Sponsored Violence Against Colombian Protestors and Help Colombia Strengthen its Civil Society and Safety Net
Declaring Institutional Racism a Public Health Crisis
Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment
Denouncing Human Trafficking Through Fraudulent Rehabilitation Programs
Calling for the Enactment of Protections Against LGBTQ Workplace and Service Discrimination
A Resolution of the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators in Support of H.R. 1217 and S. 568 to Establish the Smithsonian American Latino Museum and Designate the Arts and Industries Building as Its Future Location in Washington, D.C.
