June 8, 2011, New York and Washington – Today, advocates and attorneys critical of the controversial immigration program Secure Communities (S-Comm) decried the agency’s placing of...
January 22, 2009, New York – In response to President Obama’s signing of new executive orders today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: We welcome...
Three lawsuits filed on behalf of relatives of murdered activists who were fighting for human rights and environmental justice in Nigeria. The lawsuits are brought against the Royal Dutch Petroleum...
May 1, 2013, New York – Today, special rapporteurs from the United Nations and the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a joint...
Hashmi, an American citizen, had become a symbol of what they view as the unfair – and unconstitutional - treatment of Muslims in the post-9/11 world. His case prompted regular vigils outside...
People from across the political spectrum suggest criminal justice reforms the president should enact during his remaining time in office. Vince Warren, Executive Director of the Center for...
...Also that September, California agreed to restrict its controversial practices of solitary confinement. The class action lawsuit was brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights, which alleged...
CCR has long called for an end to the military commissions system at Guantánamo, a second-class system of justice designed to hide brutal torture committed by the U.S., and a proven failure,...
January 15, 2009, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released its preliminary analysis of UF-250, or “stop-and-frisk,” data from 2005 to the first half of 2008, the...
Repeat Deportations Reflect Trump Administration’s Animus Toward Black Migrants, Rejection of International Human Rights Law, Retaliation Against Those Who Protest Rights Violations November 10, 2020...
