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...
ICC gives the green light to investigate U.S. crimes related to the situation in Afghanistan [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Wednesday, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (...
FILED! We're demanding ICE immediately release docments related to predatory fines against sanctuary leaders [caption align="right"] [/caption] Amid a week of action led by a collective of immigrants...
Muslims put on No-Fly List by FBI agents as coercion tactic are asking SCOTUS to allow lawsuit to go forward [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Wednesday, Muslim men who were placed or kept on the...
REJECTED! Court says no to Hunt & Polo member's case harassing the Ramapough Lenape Nation [caption align="right"] [/caption] A New Jersey court dismissed an attempt by Thomas Powers, a member of...
FILED: We're suing to block the three latest public charge rules [caption align="right"] [/caption] We filed a petition in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) Tuesday...
Victory! Migrant Justice settles with ICE-colluding Vermont DMV [caption align="right"] [/caption] Human rights organization Migrant Justice and the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles have reached...
Federal judge stops Trump's new public charge rule in its tracks [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Wednesday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration’s request for a...
Never stop fighting Guantánamo [caption align="right"] [/caption] This coming Saturday will mark the 18th anniversary of the Guantánamo Bay prison, and the Center for Constitutional Rights will be co...
Plastics, polution, and burial grounds in Louisiana [caption align="left"] [/caption] Last week, we joined residents of St. James Parish, Louisiana, environmental justice groups, and legal...
A proposed Louisiana chemical plant may be building on the graves of formerly enslaved people. We're saying "no." [caption align="right"] [/caption] RISE St. James, a faith-based grassroots community...
We're urging the court to change the ground rules for Guantánamo cases [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Wednesday, our attorneys urged a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court ruling...
New Jersey Muslims meet with NYPD after landmark surveillance lawsuit [caption align="right"] [/caption] Following a landmark lawsuit over the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) blanket,...
Victory! Federal court blocks Trump's asylum ban [caption align="right"] [/caption] A federal judge Wednesday blocked the Trump administration’s asylum ban from being applied to thousands of asylum...
Stand up for Indigenous rights in Bolivia [caption align="right"] [/caption] The Center for Constitutional Rights and co-counsel are headed to Miami to represent our clients in a federal lawsuit...
We denounce Israel's decision to deport Human Rights Watch director Omar Shakir In response to Israel’s Supreme Court decision upholding the order for human rights defender Omar Shakir, of Human...
Earlier this year in June, Dr. Scott Warren walked away from the Tucson federal courthouse a free man. The DOJ had charged him with harboring, arguing that he deserved up to twenty years in prison...
We're standing in solidarity with Louisiana climate justice protesters [caption align="left"] [/caption] Reverend Gregory Manning and Sakura Kone were arrested Wednesday at the Louisiana Association...
"This attempt to chill our right to free speech should have ended long ago." [caption align="left"] [/caption] On Tuesday, Center for Constitution Rights Deputy Legal Director Maria LaHood urged a...
Join us in court and defend the right to boycott Olympia, Washington [caption align="left"] [/caption] Join us in court tomorrow in Olympia, Washington, as Center for Constitutional Rights Deputy...
Victory! Judge blocks "public charge" immigration rule [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Friday, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s new “public charge” rule, which was scheduled...
