Motto | To protect civil liberties and promote human rights for everyone |
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Formation | 22 February 1934 |
Type | Advocacy |
Legal status | Trust |
Purpose | Human rights |
Headquarters | London, England |
Director | Martha Spurrier |
Website | www |
Liberty (known as the National Council for Civil Liberties or NCCL until 1989)[1] is a advocacy group promoting human rights and protecting civil liberties through the law, legislature and wider society.[2] It is based in the United Kingdom.
The NCCL was founded in 1934 by Ronald Kidd and Sylvia Crowther-Smith (later Scaffardi).[2]
Liberty announced Martha Spurrier as its new director on 31 March 2016.[3]