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The Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) seeks to eliminate discrimination through civil and human rights law enforcement and create equal opportunity, as well as equal justice, for all persons in the state by advocacy and education. The Commission on enforces human rights laws related to discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, and credit transactions. It issues several kinds of decisions and rulings based upon its enforcement of anti-discrimination laws.
Statutory Authority: Connecticut General Statutes, Chapter 814c.
The Commission's responsibilities include:
Link to historical overview of Commission's purpose.
Human Rights Referee Rulings
Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities : index to decisions ... by 
Index of "whistleblower retaliation" decisions and ruling by the Human Rights referees. by Index to Human Rights Referee Rulings by Discrimination and how 9 people fought back : 9 true stories of complaints of discrimination brought to the Connecticut Commission on Civil Rights by Hearing tribunal decisions of the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. by Opinions - Decisions - State of Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. by Connecticut State Library | 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106 | 860-757-6500 * Toll-free 866-886-4478
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