In the summer of 2012, the Buffalo Police Department created a "Strike Force" Unit to aggressively patrol and conduct vehicle checkpoints in "high crime" areas of the city. While purportedly set up...
Updated: June 3, 2026
May 28, 2014, Washington, D.C. – Today, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Senior Attorney Pardiss Kebriaei released the statement below in response to the news that the Obama...
In 2008, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), along with partners from the US Human Rights Network, the Justice Committee and Peoples' Justice coalition presented testimony to the United...
Updated: June 17, 2009
September 6, 2017, New York and Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Defending Rights & Dissent released a comprehensive report on state ag-gag laws, which prohibit...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is hiring Justice Fellow s for 9/2024-9/2026. The Justice Fellowship at the Center for Constitutional Rights is a two-year program for emerging lawyers (0-2 years...
Updated: November 27, 2023
March 12, 2018WA court dismisses seven-year lawsuit over boycott of Israeli goods [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Friday, a Washington State court ended a seven-year litigation battle against former...
February 4, 2022, New York – Today the government made public that Mohammed al-Qahtani has been cleared for transfer from the prison at Guantánamo where he has been detained without fair process for...
November 13, 2017This 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 every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, and in support of the Indigenous-led week of action People v. Fossil Fuels Oct. 11-15, join the Indigenous Environmental Network , The Red...
Updated: January 11, 2022
Groups argue “Death by Incarceration” is torture and violates ban on racial discrimination September 15, 2022, New York ‒ A national coalition of advocacy and legal groups today submitted a complaint...
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