Last week, CCR co-hosted a convening of lawyers, activists, and academics from the United States and South Africa, together with our partners at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (...
Federal Court Blocks Trump Asylum Ban [caption align="right"] [/caption] A federal court temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s new asylum ban last week while we work to get a preliminary...
Big win for activists and environmental groups: racketeering lawsuit dismissed [caption align="right"] [/caption] Last week, a federal judge dismissed a sprawling racketeering lawsuit filed against...
December 3, 2019, Phoenix, Arizona – Today, a coalition of human rights organizations released an in-depth report about the role of the secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in the...
Sentences Are Akin to Death Penalty July 8, 2020, Harrisburg, PA –Today, people in Pennsylvania serving Death-By-Incarceration sentences, commonly known as Life Without Parole, filed a lawsuit...
Motion emphasizes that asylum seekers have been seriously injured, raped, and even killed after CBP officials turned them back at U.S. border September 8, 2020, San Diego – Asylum seekers who have...
FILED: New FOIA requests info on Thomson Reuters, RELX Group contracts with ICE Last week, Mijente, the Immigrant Defense Project (IDP), CUNY Law School’s Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic (HRGJ...
Ashley Diamond, Who Won Previous Changes Against GDC, Sues for Second Time November 23, Atlanta – Today, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights...
ICC affirms Palstinian statehood & self-determination In response to a decision issued by the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court last week, recognizing that the territory of...
Civil Rights Groups Press Federal Court to Reinstate Lawsuit March 5, 2021, Baton Rouge, LA – Today, individuals incarcerated at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison urged a federal judge to reinstate a...
