Created in 1966 during the height of the Civil Rights movement, the ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice provides leadership within the ABA and the legal profession in protecting and advancing human rights, civil liberties, and social justice. The Section is the only membership entity within the ABA dedicated solely to civil rights, civil liberties, and human rights issues. The Section fulfills its role by: raising and addressing often complex and difficult civil rights and civil liberties issues in a changing and diverse society; and ensuring that protection of individual rights remains a focus of legal and policy decisions.