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November 4, 2025
Longtime Center for Constitutional Rights ally and mentor Peter Weiss passed away on November 3, 2025, just short of his 100th birthday. Here we re-post this tribute from his 90th: International Human Rights Pioneer Peter Weiss Celebrates 90 December 8, 2015 By Baher Azmy It would be difficult to overstate Peter Weiss’s contributions to international human rights law. He became active in CCR early in its history and served on the board for nearly five decades, litigating numerous cases and shaping who we are today in innumerable and invaluable ways. His work has shaped the course of...
June 16, 2020
This is the last in a four-part series of blogs about the movement response to COVID-19. It also appears as the latest episode of the Center for Constitutional Rights podcast, The Activist Files...
June 15, 2020
Releases from ICE detention in Louisiana! Nearly all of our medically vulnerable clients in ICE detention in six Louisiana facilities were released out of concerns for their lives and health amidst...
March 13, 2020
Dear Center for Constitutional Rights family, At this time of crisis and deep concern, we want to reach out to our beloved community to affirm our fellowship and the value of our collective vision...

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April 7, 2025