Illinois Department of Human Rights

The Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) is the code department of the Illinois state government that administers the Illinois Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination with respect to employment, financial credit, public accommodations and real estate transactions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, military status, age, order of protection status, marital status, sexual orientation, unfavorable military discharge and physical and mental disability, and also prohibits sexual harassment in education, discrimination because of citizenship status and arrest record in employment, and discrimination based on familial status in real estate transactions. As of January 2019, Jim Bennett is the Director of Human Rights.