October 5, 2012, New York – Amid increasing threats against Mario Joseph, a prominent human rights lawyer in Haiti, a recent article in the Miami Herald reported that a Port-au-Prince Chief...
May 28, 2010, Washington, D.C. – Today, three amicus curiae or friend-of-the-court briefs were filed in the Supreme Court, in support of CCR’s petition for certiorari in its case against...
May 13, 2021...Terrorism is not a neutral concept. It has always been given meaning and operationalized through a political process. That process is driven by an ideology that is often influenced by racism and...
September 27, 2010, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), on behalf of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) , asked the judges of the...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Omar Farah will argue that the government should release an unredacted copy of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) " Race Paper ," in our case, Color of Change v. DHS...
Updated: May 16, 2018
Today’s revelations prove there is no line the Pentagon will not cross to frustrate the president’s efforts to close Guantánamo...
September 14, 2017, New York – In response to the NYPD releasing the first-ever body camera footage of a fatal police shooting, of Miguel Richards in the Bronx on September 6, the Center for...
Return to Case Page- Al Odah v. U.S. Brief Amicus Curiae of the American Civil Liberties Union and Public Justice In Support of Petitioners Brief Amicus Curiae of Retired Military Officers in Support...
Updated: October 22, 2010
"How it Would Feel to Be Free: Southern Resistance to Race and Gender Oppression" A live taping of "The Activist Files" podcast. Friday, February 28, 2020 6-9 p.m. Studio...
Updated: February 27, 2020
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