April 27, 2020More Buffalo residents sue over discriminatyr traffic ticketing [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Thursday, five Black residents of Buffalo joined a lawsuit against the City over its racially...
A challenge to corporate impunity of private military contractors under the Alien Tort Statute for war crimes and torture at Abu Ghraib prison.
Updated: May 5, 2026
Background: The Center for Constitutional Rights works with communities under threat to fight for justice and liberation through litigation, advocacy, and strategic communications. Since 1966, we...
Updated: December 3, 2018
August 5, 2019We continue our fight to protect asylum rights In a decision late Monday , a federal district court rejected the Trump administration's second attempt to dismiss our lawsuit, Al Otro Lado v. Nielsen...
August 28, 2013, Berkeley, CA – Civil rights organizations this week welcomed news that the Department of Education's (DOE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has closed three investigations against...
December 22, 2017The United States’ military presence and counterterrorism operations in Central and West Africa have been in the news lately and are raising questions. That is why we filed a Freedom of Information...
August 15, 2018, New York – In the wake of the Pennsylvania grand jury report detailing widespread sexual violence across the state and cover-up by senior leaders of the Catholic Church in...
December 30, 2011, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Yemeni Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms (HOOD) issued the following statement strongly...
The Center for Constitutional Rights submitted an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear the appeal of Edmund Zagorski, a man imprisoned on death row in Tennessee. CCR argued that the death...
Updated: January 23, 2017
February 11, 2013, New York – In response to news that Pope Benedict XVI plans to resign, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the statement below. The Center for Constitutional Rights...
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