The Ligue des droits et libertés (known in English as the Quebec Civil Liberties Union) is a not-for-profit human rights organization based in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was founded in 1963 by Pierre Trudeau and Jacques Hébert, both of whom later became national political figures. The organization is committed to upholding the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
History and policies
Pierre Trudeau, one of the co-founders of the union, served as prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. Jacques Hébert served as president of the union for part of this period and opposed Trudeau's use of the War Measures Act to resolve the FLQ Crisis.
The organization opposes Canada's policy of detaining people under security certificates.