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Under 6 U.S.C. § 345 and 42 U.S.C. § 2000ee-1, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties reviews and assesses information concerning abuses of civil rights, civil liberties, and profiling on the basis of race, ethnicity, or religion, by employees and officials of the Department of Homeland Security. Read 6 U.S.C. 345.
The Office also ensures that all federally-assisted and federally-conducted programs or activities of the Department comply with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and related Executive Orders. The Office investigates complaints in areas such as: abuse of authority or color of the law; discrimination; profiling; violations of the confidentiality provisions of the Violence Against Women Act; conditions of detention; treatment; due process; and watch lists.
If you wish to file a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, please provide a detailed written description of your complaint
The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties reviews and assesses complaints in areas such as:
Complaints are accepted in languages other than English.
Complaints filed with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties are forwarded to the Office of the Inspector General, and may be forwarded to other Department components or to other government agencies, such as the Department of Justice, as appropriate. Regardless of how your complaint is routed, it will be carefully reviewed and resolved in accordance with applicable laws and policies.
The information you provide will be used in accordance with 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act), 5 U.S.C. § 552a (Privacy Act), 6 U.S.C. § 345 (Homeland Security Act), 44 U.S.C. § 3101 (Federal Records Act), and other relevant federal laws. While we will seek to prevent unnecessary disclosure of the information you provide, we may need to share some of this information with relevant persons. Also, we may be required by law or government policy to release information, in whole or in part, to other government agencies, Congress, and other private individuals. Such disclosures may be mandatory under the Privacy Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Federal Records Act, and other statutes or regulations. When disclosures are made, personal information will be redacted to the extent permissible.
A discussion of your rights under the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act can be found at http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/call/foia.htm.
This page was last reviewed/modified on April 24, 2009.