Mission
The mission of the City of Richmond Human Rights Commission is to safeguard the rights of all its citizens. It seeks to protect individuals from unlawful discrimination because of race; color; religion; sex; pregnancy; childbirth or related medical conditions; national origin; age; marital status; disability; sexual orientation, transgender status or gender identity.
Goals
The Human Rights Commission was established to advise the City Council and the Mayor on matters involving human rights violations occurring within the city of Richmond.
History
On November 14, 2016, Richmond City Council adopted ordinance 2016-254 to establish a Human Rights Commission Task Force to evaluate the need for and scope of a Human Rights Commission and to provide the Council with recommendations concerning any necessity to create such a commission.
On June 11, 2018, Richmond City Council adopted ordinance 2018-044 establishing the Human Rights Commission.
