April 4, 2013, New York – This morning, activist Daniel McGowan was picked up from the halfway house where he has been residing and taken into custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in...
Please join the Center for Constitutional Rights on the eve of the Supreme Court argument in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum/Shell for a panel discussion about the future of the Alien Tort Statute (...
Updated: September 24, 2012
April 12, 2016, New York – Today, civil rights, human rights, and community groups held a rally and vigil at One Police Plaza, demanding an end to the pervasive abuse of Ahmed Ferhani and other...
No Regard for Human Life D.C. Court Rules That U.S. Officials Can Torture and Murder “Enemy Combatants,” Cover It Up, and Get Away With It, Closing Door to Families of Men Who Died at...
Updated: October 6, 2010
What is SB185? On May 8, 2025, Governor Brian Kemp signed SB185 , a new law that bans the use of state money or resources for gender dysphoria healthcare in Georgia prisons. This law prevents people...
Updated: March 11, 2026
November 3, 2009 New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) announced that five men who had been living in New York and were ultimately deported won a $1.26 million settlement...
As we mark twenty years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the Center for Constitutional Rights renews our call for reparations for those harmed as a result of the U.S.’s unlawful act of...
Updated: April 3, 2023
October 22, 2015, New York – In response to President Obama’s veto today of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which represents many of...
Lower Court Declared Israeli Assault Plausible Case of Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza; Meanwhile Mass Starvation Increases February 28, 2024, San Francisco, CA – Late yesterday, the Ninth...
Join the Abolitionist Law Center, Amistad Law Project, and the Center for Constitutional Rights for oral argument in our case, Scott v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole . Abolitionist...
Updated: January 21, 2021
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