Dear CCR Supporter, Each year the world celebrates Human Rights Day on December 10, the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the United Nations 61 years ago...
Emily C. R. Early serves as the Associate Director of the Southern Regional Office of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Her primary responsibilities include leading the expansion of the Southern...
ICE and other agencies illegally use scans to hold children in adult detention; discredited practice smacks of race science, groups say September 5, 2024, New York, NY – Rights groups and a directly...
Police unions are trying to block police transparency campaign #Repeal50a. We're fighting back. [caption align="right"] [/caption] Last week, with the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliff LLP,...
Administration implementing Trump’s executive order while concealing information about effort February 6, 2025, New York – Rights groups are seeking information about President Trump’s plan to...
This is a repost of a press release by the US Human Rights Network of which the Center for Constitutional Rights is a member. Atlanta, May 29, 2009 - In response to the Federal Emergency Management...
January 17, 2017, New York – Today, the Department of Defense announced the transfer of Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) client Ghaleb Al-Bihani from Guantanamo to Oman. Al-Bihani, a Yemeni,...
Landowners Awarded $10,000 Each Plus Attorneys Fees July 16, 2020, Lake Charles, LA – Today, the Third Circuit Court of Appeal for the State of Louisiana ruled that the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company...
Urgent Intervention Needed to Protect Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees in Israeli Prisons from COVID-19 Exposure April 14, 2020 For the attention of: The UN Special Procedures, including: - The UN...
September 1, 2010, San Francisco, New York and Washington D.C. —In a teleconference press briefing today, public officials and civil rights organizations underscored that nearly two years after...