August 4, 2015Today’s New York Times science section features a front-page piece about the research that CCR commissioned and compiled for our ground-breaking challenge to long-term solitary confinement. “...
March 14, 2012, Springfield, MA and New York –Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a federal lawsuit against Abiding Truth Ministries President Scott Lively on behalf of...
On September 17, 2007, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of CCR's case charging Caterpillar, Inc. with aiding and abetting war crimes and other serious human rights violations...
October 4, 2010, New York, NY – Today, the Supreme Court said it would not take up a warrantless surveillance case, Wilner v. National Security Agency (NSA) , filed by the Center for...
Students Argue for Urgent Relief to Be Able to Advocate for Palestinian Rights on Campus January 3, 2018, New York, NY – Today, Fordham students denied permission by their university to start a...
In Massive Effort, Civil Rights Groups Seek Reversal of More Than 1000 Convictions by Non-Unanimous Juries in Louisiana in Light of Supreme Court Ruling April 20, 2021, St. Landry Parish and...
First of its kind to make it to trial, lawsuit delivers rare accountability for U.S post-9/11 torture November 12, 2024, Alexandria, VA – Today, in a landmark verdict, a jury in a federal court found...
Why are guns for hire in Iraq? The U.S. government has increasingly been outsourcing functions previously carried out by government employees or members of the military to for-profit corporations...
Updated: September 8, 2021
November 17, 2009, New York – Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed the first brief in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the first case to challenge a portion of the...
April 20, 2011, New York – In an important test of open government, a federal court hearing is scheduled tomorrow in the Southern District of New York at which the Obama administration will...
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