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’...
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
On April 7, 2021, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and a number of its member organizations—including the Center for Constitutional Rights—released a coalition letter urging World...
Updated: April 8, 2021
October 27, 2017MANILA, Philippines – A group of legal and human rights organizations strongly urged Kabayan Representative Harry Roque to reconsider President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer to be his spokesperson. “We ask...
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
Since 1974, the Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook has supported people who are incarcerated, their families, and advocates in challenging mistreatment and abuse in prisons. The Center for Constitutional...
Updated: August 23, 2021
May 8, 2019...Awad applied for club status in November 2015, but he and other students faced delays and questioning about their politics, including their use of the term “apartheid” and support for a boycott...
Join CCR on February 3rd from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 pm to remember and honor David Kato at a candlelight vigil organized by the International Lesbian and Gay Human Rights Commission . The vigil will take...
Updated: February 2, 2011
April 29, 2020... Ending the post-9/11 era requires decisive action, including closing the prison at Guantánamo Bay. Mr. Rhodes is right that in the aftermath of 9/11, America “committed the familiar mistake of...
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