Human Rights Board
Membership
All members shall be named by the Mayor with the consent of the City Council. The Mayor shall endeavor in all appointments to create and maintain a Board broadly representative of the city population, and in particular, its racial, ethnic and cultural spectrum.
Description
Pursuant to Article VIII of The Albuquerque City Charter & the Albuquerque Code of ordinances § 11-3, in order to assure the public safety, public health and general welfare, the Purpose of the Albuquerque Human Rights Board is to:
- Preserve, protect, and promote human rights and human dignity;
- Promote and encourage the recognition and exercise of human responsibility;
- Protect and promote equality of access to public goods and services; and
- Prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and source of income* in the at least the following areas:
- in places of public accommodations;
- In housing accommodations; and
- In commercial space.
View Albuquerque’s Human Rights Ordinance
Recent Documents
2024-01 Human Rights Board Resolution
2024-02 Human Rights Board Resolution
Meetings
Human Rights Board Notice of Public Hearing on Anti-homelessness Sentiment and Discrimination Based on Housing Status, Español, Tiếng Việt: June 22, 2024
The Albuquerque Human Rights Board, pursuant to Section 5 (E) of the Albuquerque Human Rights Ordinance, will hold a public hearing in the community room of the International District Public Library, located at 7601 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 22, 2024. The Board will hear public testimony on experience(s) of intergroup hostility and tension between people experiencing homelessness and people without such experience as stated in Section 5 (A) HRB Resolution No. 2024-01.
Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity of the City of Albuquerque, should contact the Office of Civil Rights at 505-768-4595 as soon as possible but no later than 72 hours before the scheduled event.
2024 Schedule, Agenda & Meeting Minutes
Meeting minutes are posted after the Board approves them.
January 18, agenda | January 18, minutes
January 22 Special Meeting agenda - the meeting was canceled due to a lack of quorum
January 25 Special Meeting agenda - the meeting was canceled due to a lack of quorum
January 30 Special Meeting agenda - the meeting was canceled due to a lack of quorum
February 6 Special Meeting agenda - the meeting was canceled due to a lack of quorum
February 15 agenda | February 15 minutes
March 21 agenda | March 21 minutes
April 18 agenda | April 18 minutes
2024-03 Human Rights Board Resolution
May 16, 2024 agenda | May 16, 2024 Minutes
August 15, 2024
September 19, 2024
October 17, 2024
November 21, 2024
View older Human Rights Board documents.