June 8, 2011, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights announced the selection of its new legal director, Baher Azmy. Mr. Azmy is an esteemed lawyer, professor and scholar, who...
January 7, 2011, Madrid, Spain – Today, the U.S.-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) asked a Spanish Judge to...
On October 11, 2007, a legal team including the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sued Blackwater USA, the private military contractor whose heavily armed personnel allegedly opened fire on...
December 11, 2015A year after the Senate Select Committee released its declassified executive summary of the torture program, the grim political reality in the United States is undeniable. Through its inaction, the U...
February 23, 2012, Olympia, WA and New York, NY – Today, in a lawsuit brought against current and former members of the Olympia Food Co-op board of directors for their decision to boycott...
Update: on April 2, 2021, the Biden administration revoked the Executive Order. Advocates welcomed the decision, but urged that the investigations into war crimes and crimes against humanity in...
Updated: April 2, 2021
On the occasion of Climate Week NYC, the largest annual climate event of its kind, Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Managing Attorney Shayana Kadidal will join the hybrid panel: An...
Updated: September 23, 2024
Movement lawyering is focus of fellowship January 19, 2021, New York – Four Bertha Justice Fellows will be spending the next two years at the Center for Constitutional Rights getting first-hand...
July 13, 2015Scott Lively's defense against crimes-against-humanity claims will put activists at risk, a group for gay Ugandans told a federal judge. Sexual Minorities Uganda set its sights on the former...
U.S. Weapons Used to Fire on Palestinian Protesters May 15, 2018, Gaza, Washington, D.C. and New York – Today, a coalition of Palestinian and U.S.-based human rights groups submitted a letter to U.S...
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