Please join CCR on Wednesday, September 21, at 9 am (CST) in Chicago for oral arguments in U.S. v. Johnson , an appeal from the federal prosecution of two animal rights activists under the Animal...
Updated: September 16, 2016
December 23, 2016In the waning hours of Barack Obama’s presidency, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) will argue a case before the supreme court that could have a tremendous impact on civil rights in the US...
Case emerges from broader struggle of Gullah Geechee community to protect land and heritage
On the 11th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iraqi civil society leaders and U.S. military veterans will testify to the lasting impact of the war and make the case that the U.S. government...
Updated: March 17, 2014
June 30, 2010, Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Agriculture Committee voted on House Resolution 4645, legislation that would lift the travel ban to Cuba. The United States has maintained...
For many years, St. Louis and surrounding Missouri counties have permitted police officers to issue the equivalent of a statewide arrest warrant into an electronic database, designating an individual...
Updated: December 8, 2022
CCR is proud to be co-sponsoring the 2018 BHRH Lawyers' Network Annual Human Rights in the U.S. Symposium/CLE. Please joins us at this year's program, Advancing Racial Justice...
Updated: May 7, 2018
On November 13, 2001, President Bush issued an executive order which purported to establish military commissions to try those captured in the “War on Terror.” Under the order, the...
Updated: January 11, 2010
January 12, 2017As President Obama’s terms in office come to an end, eight years after he entered office he has yet to deliver on one of his most prominent campaign promises: to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay...
February 28, 2008, Brussels – Today, a representative from the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) addressed the...
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