By Pam Spees, Senior Staff Attorney Updated September 27, 2011 Last week, lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and members of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP...
Updated: November 13, 2013
June 1, 2017“Are we going to pretend they’re less than men and walk away?” This beautiful line from Peace Poet Luke Nephew’s piece, “ There is a Man Under the Hood ,” anchors Witness Against Torture’s new...
This article appears on The Huffington Post and Common Dreams. It is time for a revolution. Government does not work for regular people. It appears to work quite well for big corporations, banks,...
Updated: March 8, 2010
February 21, 2012, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) requested that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) open an immediate criminal investigation into claims of...
11 Organizations File Friend-of-the Court Brief Highlighting Voices of Incarcerated Transgender People January 10, 2019, Tallahassee — Late yesterday, 11 LGBTQI advocacy and legal services...
In letter to St. James Parish Council, groups say ordinance reflects discriminatory and deadly land use system that has roots in slavery, threaten legal action if ordinance is not withdrawn St. James...
CCR has launched an investigation into the rendition and torture of Maher Arar, a Syrian born Canadian citizen. Mr. Arar, who was arrested by U.S. officials while in transit at John F. Kennedy...
We commemorate Black August in a time of collective grief, clarity, rage, and rebellion. Mighty waves of popular uprising against the ravages of white supremacy and anti-Black racism are flooding the...
Updated: July 31, 2020
On April 3, 2007, descendants of Japanese Americans interned during World War II filed the first of three amicus briefs in support of a Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) appeal on behalf of Arab...
To commemorate Disability Pride Month, the Center for Constitutional Rights is honored to sponsor this important panel discussion and teach-in by our partners at Project LETS — a...
Updated: July 20, 2021
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