November 18, 2017A broad base of advocacy groups opposed to Energy Transfer Partners' (ETP) proposed Bayou Bridge pipeline continue to pressure officials in Louisiana to deny the remaining permissions the company...
Since its inception, the U.S. Constitution has implicitly and explicitly approved of the institution of slavery and the racial caste system it necessitated. That legacy has deeply influenced how our...
Updated: March 26, 2021
November 21, 2023 – The Center for Constitutional Rights mourns the passing of Holly Maguigan, a pathbreaking criminal defense lawyer, teacher, and scholar who changed public understanding of how the...
Join the Arab Center Washington DC and a panel of experts to discuss efforts to suppress and criminalize the movement for Palestinian rights in the United States and the implications of those...
Updated: May 26, 2022
The Center for Constitutional Rights, a non-profit legal advocacy organization born out of the Civil Rights movement in 1966, has provided legal assistance to the people imprisoned in the Guantanamo...
Updated: March 5, 2009
For CCR supporters in the Charlottesville area, please join CCR Social Justice Institute Director Purvi Shah in a discussion of Movement Lawyering: The Role of Lawyers in Supporting Social Change ...
Updated: January 15, 2013
ATS case bringing claims that U.S. technology company Cisco Systems, Inc. aided and abetted serious human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners in China
Updated: April 29, 2026
Chelsea Ogun is a Senior Donor Relations Officer at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She works with the Development Director and Deputy Director of Development to support the department’s major...
Three CCR staff will present at three different workshop sessions happening at the same time on Saturday, February 23rd from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. The Rebellious Lawyering (RebLaw) Conference is an...
Updated: February 21, 2013
January 3, 2026, New York – In response to the aggression by the United States against Venezuela this morning, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: The Trump...
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