New York – Just days after a federal appeals court issued an interim order requiring the government to preserve evidence of Guantanamo detainee Majid Khan’s torture by the CIA, a second motion filed...
In Court Challenging Racially Discriminatory "Emergency Manager" Law On Wednesday, a federal court in Detroit heard oral argument in CCR’s case challenging Michigan’s controversial Emergency Manager...
December 24, New York – In response to President Obama’s signing yesterday of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following...
6:30 PM The Peace and Justice Task Force Invites you to a Panel Discussion: U.S.-sponsored Torture, Prisoners’ Rights, and Survivor Care Four distinguished panelists across professions will address...
*En español abajo* April 6, 2021, Miami – Yesterday, a federal judge rejected an attempt by Bolivia’s former president, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, and former defense minister, José Carlos Sánchez...
...A coalition of national civil rights organizations have raised concern to the federal government about the phrase “domestic violent extremism” that has been used to justify arrests of opponents of...
New Asylum Ban Should Not Apply to Those Turned Back at Ports of Entry September 26, 2019, San Diego – Today, immigrant rights attorneys moved to block the Trump administration’s Asylum Ban from...
...The planned town halls will culminate in a report that will be submitted to the New York City Council in March to inform the Council’s consideration of the reform proposal. Co-sponsors involved in...
April 15, 2011, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued a statement condemning the Pence provision, passed in the House of Representatives today as part of the contentious...
Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, and RISE St. James brought this action against St. James Parish for its decades of environmental racism and discriminatory siting of industrial...
