In May 2013, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) undertook a fact-finding mission in California and Louisiana to evaluate the death penalty...
Updated: November 18, 2013
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...
August 3, 2016Recent weeks have seen courts around the country rejecting and raising concerns about voting laws that seek to keep people of color (especially Black people), low-income people, and other...
April 21, 2017...In 2013, the CCR won a landmark ruling against the NYPD that found the its stop-and-frisk policies violated the 4th and 14th amendments rights of black and latino men, who were unfairly targeted...
November 18, 2017A broad base of advocacy groups opposed to Energy Transfer Partners' (ETP) proposed Bayou Bridge pipeline continue to pressure officials in Louisiana to deny the remaining permissions the company...
Join the ACLU of Northern California, American Constitution Society, CCR, and the National Lawyers Guild to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Center for Constitutional Rights. We will host a...
Updated: June 13, 2016
Since its inception, the U.S. Constitution has implicitly and explicitly approved of the institution of slavery and the racial caste system it necessitated. That legacy has deeply influenced how our...
Updated: March 26, 2021
Legislature passed 2018 critical infrastructure amendment at behest of oil and gas industry to restrict pipeline protests, plaintiffs say February 24, 2025, New Orleans – Today before the Fifth...
April 2009Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s biggest oil company, must face a lawsuit seeking to hold it responsible for violations of international law by Nigeria’s military government, a judge ruled. U.S...
October 30, 2017FRANSCHOEK, South Africa — I am in this southernmost country of the continent of Africa attending a gathering of human rights and social movement lawyers from different parts of the world. The...
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