February 13, 2019The September 2015 day that Ashker v. Brown was settled, Dolores Canales’ son had been held in solitary confinement for 15 years. “It was such an emotional morning,” Canales, a founder of the...
August 31, 2015California, which once led the nation in putting prisoners in solitary confinement, is poised to end the practice of decades-long isolation. Settlement talks took place Monday morning between lawyers...
May 12, 2021, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in solidarity with the Palestinian people across historic Palestine and in the diaspora who, 73 years...
A challenge to the U.S. drone killing of three U.S. citizens in Yemen.
Updated: August 30, 2021
October 28, 2013, Washington – The Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) appeared in a hearing convened by the Inter-American...
October 8, 2023...Blue Ocean Law, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and ACLU-Puerto Rico submit a historic report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The report is the first time America’s actions in...
Center for Constitutional Rights puts widely condemned foundation on notice as Trump admin considers giving it $500 million June 11, 2025, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights notified the...
October 1, 2020, New York – In response to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto of legislative bill SB1064, which was critical in advancing the right to due process for incarcerated people, the...
CCR, in partnership with the New Orleans-based community organization Safe Streets/Safe Communities, recently sponsored a national hearing entitled, “New Orleans Coming Home: Law Enforcement in the...
Updated: November 26, 2007
McSurely v. McClellan is a case that challenged congressional immunity for wrongdoing with regards to the illegal seizure and copying of written documents from the home of voting rights activists...
Updated: October 9, 2007
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