June 12, 2020, New York – In response to Governor Cuomo signing the Safer NY Act into law, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the statement below. The Safer Act comprises the Police...
On September 20, 2021, twenty years after the U.S. declared its "War on Terror," Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Center for...
Updated: September 20, 2021
The Center for Constitutional Rights and Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit, Diamond v. Ward , filed on behalf of Ashley Diamond, proceeds to trial on January 19, 2023 before Chief Judge Marc T...
Updated: January 18, 2023
April 25, 2023, New York – In response to the passing of Harry Belafonte, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: We are deeply saddened by the passing of Harry Belafonte...
The Center for Constitutional Rights, together with NYU Review of Law & Social Change, NYU’s Ending the Prison Industrial Complex, and NYU’s National Lawyers Guild Chapter, are...
Updated: October 23, 2023
November 14, 2023...A group of Palestinian human rights organizations, residents of Gaza, and U.S. citizens with family members impacted by Israel’s ongoing assault jointly sued President Joe Biden, Secretary of...
December 28, 2023...The Center for Constitutional Rights filed the original suit Nov. 13 on behalf of human-rights groups along with Palestinians and Americans whose relatives have been killed by Israeli troops. The...
Join Forum on the Arms Trade and the Arms Trade Litigation Monitor for a virtual webinar Tuesday, January 16, from 10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. EST . As the Israel-Gaza conflict escalated last year, many...
Updated: January 16, 2024
September 4, 2025, New York — In response to the imposition of sanctions by the United States Department of State on three leading Palestinian human rights organizations (Al Haq, Al Mezan, and, the...
In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, and in support of the Indigenous-led week of action People v. Fossil Fuels Oct. 11-15, join the Indigenous Environmental Network , The Red...
Updated: January 11, 2022
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