January 3, 2020, New York – In response to the Trump administration’s aggression in Iraq and Iran and the assassination of Iranian military Commander Qassim Soleimani, the Center for Constitutional...
Law4BlackLives (L4BL) is launching an online training series to support our national community of lawyers and legal advocates in their efforts to serve the Movement for Black Lives and the broader...
Updated: March 10, 2016
November 16, 2012, Washington, D.C.— Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), CODEPINK, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli...
A federal class action lawsuit originally filed in 1995 by an organization of deaf and hard of hearing New Yorkers. The Americans with Disabilities Act case asked the court to block a plan by the...
Updated: August 15, 2011
The Center for Constitutional Rights and ten other amici filed a brief of amicus curiae in support of appellee Adree Edmo. The brief argues that the appellate court should uphold the lower court's...
Updated: September 5, 2019
Background: The Center for Constitutional Rights works with communities under threat to fight for justice and liberation through litigation, advocacy, and strategic communications. Since 1966, we...
Updated: December 3, 2018
Raji Sourani , founder and director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza and Shawan Jabarin, director of al-Haq in Ramallah, will provide timely perspectives from the...
Updated: April 6, 2016
February 2012Peter Weiss, Vice President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, discusses an upcoming Supreme Court case with many potential ramifications for American and international law, and for corporate...
December 2007The latest suspect facing charges before the Guantanamo military court is accused of conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism. The military court announced in a statement that he...
December 1, 2023...A group of Palestinian human rights organizations have filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge in San Francisco to order President Joe Biden to pressure Israel against continuing its military...
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