Since its inception, the U.S. Constitution has implicitly and explicitly approved of the institution of slavery and the racial caste system it necessitated. That legacy has deeply influenced how our...
Updated: March 26, 2021
This year marks the 90th anniversary of our longtime ally and current partner , the Highlander Research and Education Center, the storied school that’s helped nurture the Black freedom struggle and...
Updated: March 7, 2023
The People’s Academy of International Law , sponsored by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers and co-sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Rights, seeks to help progressive...
Updated: November 27, 2023
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Southern Center for Human Rights, and the Color of Change for “Rep-A-Thon,” a live-streamed legal defense fundraiser. Legal representation...
Updated: April 23, 2024
June 11, 2026, New York – In response to the Trump Administration’s third country deportation scheme, Korbin Felder , Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, issued the following...
En Español Abajo Four women in sanctuary filed suit after government hit them with hundred of thousands of dollars in discriminatory, retaliatory fines June 22, 2023 – Under a settlement made public...
October 3, 2022Join us in New Orleans for two back-to-back events! We are pleased to extend an invitation to two very special events in New Orleans this week to celebrate and strengthen the movement to end Jim Crow...
July 2, 2024, New York – In response to the deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti, the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following statement: Hundreds of Kenyan police have arrived in...
Victims of the most serious human rights abuses often have no way to seek justice in their home countries. This may be because the government and courts at home are corrupt, or controlled by the same...
Updated: January 11, 2010
September 6, 2019...“Yet again, the Trump administration is breaking the law to prevent families from being reunited,” said Diala Shamas, a lawyer with the nonprofit Center for Constitutional Rights, which filed the...
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