There is an intense national debate on police violence, brutality and racial justice. The nascent Black Lives Matter movement is thinking critically about how we can better promote respect and...
Updated: June 1, 2015
On April 18, 2016, CCR and Palestine Legal sent a memorandum to Georgia Governor Nathan Deal opposing S.B. 327, an anti-boycott bill that would prohibit the state from contracting with individuals...
Updated: October 11, 2017
September 1, 2015The nationwide movement to end solitary confinement is growing – even attracting the attention of a Supreme Court justice – and today it took a significant step forward. CCR and the State of...
May 21, 2024A gathering with Black and Indigenous organizers fighting petrochemical companies in Louisiana
December 16, 2011, New York – In light of a report released today by an official commission investigating clergy sex abuse throughout the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands, the Center...
January 31 , 2014 , New York - The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the National Lawyers Guild- New York City Chapter (NLG-NYC) sent New York Assembly Members a letter urging them to oppose...
August 11, 2017A bill in Congress that would prohibit U.S. persons or companies from participating in or supporting boycotts of Israel organized by international governmental organizations like the United Nations...
April 29, 2020... Colleges limiting people on campus to address the spread of COVID-19 means that thousands of LGBTQ college students are being sent home. However, “home is not a safe place,” Chinyere Ezie, a...
July 30, 2014, New York – Today, federal District Judge Analisa Torres rejected the attempts of several police unions to intervene in Floyd v. City of New York , the landmark stop-and-frisk...
May 22, 2017Illustration by John Ritter, courtesy Harper’s This 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...
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