September 1, 2015There are people in California’s prison system who have been held in near-complete isolation for more than a decade. Today the state has announced a settlement with a group of these prisoners to move...
Please join CCR, Witness Against Torture (WAT), the Peace Poets , and allies for a book launch and performance on the eve of the 16th anniversary of the opening of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. There...
Updated: November 29, 2017
On November 9, 2021, on behalf of The Descendants Project, an organization founded to advocate for descendants of people once enslaved in Louisiana’s river parishes, the Center for Constitutional...
Updated: April 2, 2025
November 29, 2018Testimony on day three of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline eminent domain trial wrapped Thursday morning after Judge Keith Comeaux heard testimony from landowner Katherine Aaslestad as she was cross-...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is excited to collaborate with the Depaul Art Museum (DPAM) and the Tea Project on Remaking the Exceptional: Tea, Torture, and Reparations | Chicago to Guant...
Updated: January 5, 2022
October 17, 2016Ten years ago today, President George W. Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA). It was enacted to authorize trials by military commission for the September 11 attacks, and...
On Tuesday, March 21, 2017, the New York Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held a briefing meeting. CCR Senior Staff Attorney Darius Charney provided oral testimony during the...
Updated: March 28, 2017
July 2009A federal judge has determined that the Fire Department of New York City used racially discriminatory hiring practices that unlawfully prevented hundreds of qualified African American and Latino...
January 20, 2011, New York – Just before the first anniversary of President Obama’s failed deadline to close Guantanamo, the New York Times yesterday reported that the administration will...
May 30, 2017This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
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