Welcome to UCLA’s EDI Civil Rights Office (“EDI-CRO”)

EDI-CRO is led by Chandra Bhatnagar, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Civil Rights (“AVC CR”). AVC Bhatnagar is UCLA’s Local Implementation Officer for the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy.

EDI-CRO is comprised of 5 units. Each unit is led by a unit Director who reports to the AVC-CR:

More information about all five units can be found on the EDI “Who We Are” page

Every member of the UCLA community deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. UCLA’s mission is achieved when all members of the university community enjoy protection of civil rights. The UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’s Civil Rights Office identifies, communicates, investigates and works to uphold civil rights protections for students, staff, faculty and other academic personnel, as well as patients at UCLA Health. EDI-CRO works to advance civil rights protections for all Bruins and ensure that members of the UCLA community can study, work, live, and receive medical treatment free from discrimination, harassment, and sexual violence.

Civil rights include the right to be free from sexual violence and sexual harassment, as well as the right to be free from discrimination or harassment based upon race, religion, color, citizenship, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, gender transition, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability (including having a history of a disability or being regarded as being disabled), medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics), predisposing genetic information (including family medical history), marital status, age (over 40), or veteran or military status. If you have observed or experienced discrimination, harassment or sexual violence, we are here to support you.

To report an incident of discrimination or harassment, please use EDI-CRO’s “Report an Incident” portal.

EDI-CRO Services for UCLA Students, Staff, Faculty and Patients

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Report An Incident

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Duty to Accommodate People With Disabilities

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Duty to Report Sexual Violence, Sexual Harassment and all Forms of Discrimination

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EDI Education Series

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Mandatory Training - Title IX Office: Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Training

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Mandatory Training - Staff Diversity & Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance (SD&C) Office: Preventing Workplace Discrimination, Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Training

Investigation and Resolution of Civil Rights Complaints

 

EDI-CRO receives complaints and conducts investigations of all forms of discrimination, harassment, and sexual violence to uphold civil rights protections for the UCLA community including students, staff, faculty and non-faculty academic personnel as well as patients at UCLA Health. Please contact us via the UCLA EDI-CRO Report an Incident page to share your experience. Please note that the UCLA EDI Report an Incident page is not a confidential resource.

When you report an incident to UCLA EDI-CRO, one of the units within the Civil Rights Office will contact the individual who experienced the alleged harm. After engaging with that person or persons, the unit will make an initial assessment, including a limited inquiry when appropriate, to determine how to proceed. Civil rights responses may include: Administrative Closure, Alternative Resolution, Formal Investigation, or Other Inquiry.

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Resources

 

Confidential

CARE

If you have experienced sexual violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, dating/domestic violence or stalking, confidential support and guidance is available to you, including CARE. The advocate office, CARE: Advocate Office for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Sexual Misconduct, was created at every UC campus to provide dedicated, full-time support to survivors of sexual violence, both immediately and over the long term. These dedicated offices ensure that survivors can reach an advocate whose sole responsibility is to support their needs. The Advocate Office, which launched system wide in January 2015, is one of seven recommendations from the President’s Task Force on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence and Sexual Assault.

CAPS

Santa Monica Rape Treatment Center

Student Legal Services

Office of the Ombuds

Staff and Faculty Counseling Center

Non-Confidential

Respondent Services

UC Police Department

ADA/504 Compliance Office

Disability Management, UCLA Campus

Disability Management, UCLA Health

Policy

UC Anti-Discrimination Policy (2024)

SVSH Policy (2022)

SVSH Policy (2020)

SVSH Policy (2019)

SVSH Policy (2016)

Discrimination, Harassment, and Affirmative Action in the Workplace (2018)

Procedures for Handling Allegations of Discrimination, Harassment, or Retaliation

PACAOS Appendix E (2020): SVSH Student Investigation and Adjudication Framework

PACAOS Appendix E (2019)

PACAOS Appendix F: Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Student Investigation and Adjudication Framework for DOE-Covered Conduct (2022)

PACAOS Appendix F: Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Student Investigation and Adjudication Framework for DOE-Covered Conduct (2020)

SVSH Investigation and Adjudication Framework for Senate and Non-Senate Faculty

SVSH Investigation and Adjudication Framework for Staff and Non-Faculty Academic Personnel

UC Systemwide Office of Civil Rights

UC Systemwide Anti-Discrimination Office

UC Systemwide Title IX Office

Student Conduct Code

Faculty Code of Conduct

UC Academic Personnel Manual

UCLA Policy 240

UC Policy on Gender Recognition and Lived Name

 

Jurisdiction and Legal Authority

 

EDI-CRO’s jurisdiction covers all of UCLA’s campus and UCLA Health. EDI-CRO ensures that the university remains in compliance with applicable federal law, state law and UC policy concerning protections under Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Fair Employment and Housing Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, and equal employment opportunity and affirmative action obligations.

To ensure compliance with UCLA’s obligations as a federal contractor, CRO is also responsible for the development and implementation of UCLA’s Staff Affirmative Action Plan and Academic Affirmative Action Plan.