"It has become our destiny now to die without being guilty of any wrongdoing, knowing that even death, which could relieve us from this injustice and this suffering, is unreachable to us. Here we are...
Updated: October 26, 2023
Background: From taking on the NYPD’s racially discriminatory stop-and-frisk program to challenging indefinite detention and torture at Guantánamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights has been on...
Updated: May 30, 2017
April 26, 2017CCR’s offices will be closed on Monday, May 1. But we’re not taking a day off from our commitment to social justice . Monday, May 1, is May Day – International Workers’ Day – an official holiday in...
December 11, 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...
August 24, 2018, San Diego – A federal judge ruled this week that a lawsuit challenging U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) practice of turning away asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border...
September 3, 2018Join us for the "Protect the Protest" coalition launch! On Wednesday, CCR will participate in the launch of a nationwide coalition called " Protect the Protest " to challenge Strategic Lawsuits...
September 24, 2018, Mahwah, NJ – On Friday, September 21, the Ramapough Lenape Nation Tribe filed an amended complaint against the township of Mahwah, NJ, and a local homeowner’s association, for...
Civil Rights Groups Argue Forced Separation Policy Constitutes Torture October 25, 2018, Washington, D.C. – A Salvadoran mother whose son was taken from her by U.S. immigration officials at the...
Submits Notice of Hearing Request in U.S. Court to Address Serious Concerns Regarding Physical and Mental Health December 6, 2018, The Hague/New York – Today, the legal representative for one of the...
March 18, 2019Retaliation and gov't dossiers on lawyers at the Southern Border Our clients at Al Otro Lado recently began to be harassed and detained by officials at the U.S.-Mexico border. Al Otro Lado is an...
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