November 2013Commentary: Iraqis and former US soldiers join forces in fight for justice In early October, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the principal human rights body of the Organization of...
Luna Martinez is a Bertha Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on defending the rights of Palestine solidarity advocates, challenging the unlawful detentions at...
An examination of the radical overreach of proposed religious exemptions permitting discrimination on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexuality, and reproductive choices, as well as race,...
Updated: February 16, 2017
On December 8, 2005, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) brought a class action lawsuit against Avi Dichter, the former Director of Israel’s...
February 2015The first terrorism conviction before a U.S. military court at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has been reversed. In 2007, Australian David Hicks, who spent almost six years at the base's controversial prison...
#Law4BlackLives was a national gathering of over 1000 lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers committed to building a world where #BlackLivesMatter. More than a meeting or a...
Updated: January 26, 2016
November 14, 2013, New York – In response to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ denial of District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin’s request to be heard on the Court of Appeals’...
May 8, 2019...Three U.N. special rapporteurs called on Israel to reverse its deportation decision. The Israeli rights groups Association for Civil Rights in Israel , the New Israel Fund and B’Tselem ; the...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is looking for a part-time (10 hours a week) Social Media Communications Assistant. This temporary position (no more than 6 months) will help with producing and...
Updated: May 4, 2021
As an organization that stands with social movements and communities resisting oppression, we know that change is possible when artists, storytellers, and lawyers dream together. This Black History...
Updated: February 20, 2020
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