Civil rights are awarded in a democratic society to ensure equal protection before the law and benefit from the law, without respect to race, religion, or disability, for example. Civil rights include the right to privacy, to vote, to a fair trial, to government services, to a public education, and more rights that guarantee integrity, a livelihood, and safety for individuals.
Your civil rights are violated when you experience discrimination or are denied equal protection based on race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, or in the administration of laws. Civil rights violations arise in the context of education, employment, immigration, housing, finance, law enforcement, policing, prison conditions, and incarceration.
Sex discrimination occurs when you are treated less favorably because of your sex, which includes sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or lactation, or a sex stereotype. Seemingly neutral policies or procedures may also amount to sex discrimination when they have a significantly negative impact on you because of your sex.
It is unlawful to take any of the following actions because of race, color, religion, gender, disability, family status or national origin:
Employees who experience unwelcome sexual advances or invitations for sexual favors, receive disparaging comments, become targets of derogatory humor and other verbal or physical acts of a sexual nature based on their sex, have the right to present their case as discrimination.
Any educational programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance cannot discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin (Title VI) or discriminate on the basis of sex (Title IX). The latter prohibits sexual harassment or coercion.
Disability discrimination is when people are treated unfairly or put at a disadvantage due to a medical or mental health condition. Examples of discrimination include not extending an offer of employment, withholding accommodations, or harassment based on an identified disability.
Our firm is one of very few plaintiff-side public interest firms with a record of success in discrimination claims and other civil rights litigation. We know how to pursue landlords, employers, school administrators, and others who violate people’s civil rights.
If you believe your civil rights, or someone else’s, have been violated, contact Hamed Law now to speak to a Civil Rights attorney and find out if you may have an actionable claim. Hamed Law is a national law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Civil liberties are inherent freedoms, some of which are enumerated in the U.S. Constitution. Civil rights protect from unfair discrimination based on characteristics, such as race, disability, color, gender, national origin, etc.
U.S. laws guarantee the rights of noncitizens who deserve freedom from tyranny and injustice, including the right to due process and equal protection under the law.
Due process is the promise of fair treatment when dealing with government agencies and the judicial system.
The Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution includes an Equal Protection Clause, which guarantees governing bodies enforce impartiality and treat all persons and people in similar circumstances fairly.
An immutable characteristic is a trait that is unchangeable, deeply entrenched, and/or innate, such as ethnicity, gender, and disability.
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