On Thursday, September 3rd at 12:00pm ET , the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will honor CCR Board member, human rights scholar, and activist Professor Gay McDougall . Ms...
Updated: August 30, 2020
December 6, 2019...The decision came a month after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo banned visas for ICC staff seeking to investigate allegations of war crimes and other abuses by U.S. forces in Afghanistan or...
A facial challenge to the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) as an unconstitutional infringement on free speech
Updated: August 3, 2016
Human rights disparities across race and socioeconomic strata have been magnified since the outbreak of the coronavirus. The effects on Black and Brown communities have been disproportionate, as...
Updated: February 9, 2021
Carolyn Chambers is Associate Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). She supervises the Administrative Department, overseeing the human resources, finances, IT, and...
Espinoza Escalona v. Noem is a case seeking to block the removal to the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station of ten noncitizen men currently in immigration detention in the United States who are nationals of...
Updated: March 13, 2025
Challenging the government's decision authorizing the CIA and JSOC to target and kill Anwar Al-Aulaqi in Yemen.
Updated: August 30, 2021
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...
Groups tell Expert Mechanism on Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement: Life imprisonment violates human rights, including bans on torture and racial discrimination April 28, 2023 – Amid the...
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