In the 26 th episode of “The Activist Files,” Senior Staff Attorney Ghita Schwarz and Bertha Justice Fellow Lupe Aguirre are in conversation about how their work fighting abusive immigration...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is thrilled to co-sponsor Justice for Muslims Collective’s (JMC) Fifth Annual Social Justice Iftar on Thursday, May 6th at 7:00 p.m. EST. JMC has been...
University’s Attempt to Dismiss Salaita Suit Over “Uncivil” Tweets Rejected by Court August 6, 2015, Chicago – Today, a federal judge rejected efforts to throw out a lawsuit against the University of...
March 5, 2010, New York – In response to reports that the Obama administration may reverse course and recommend Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attack on...
January 31, 2013, New York – In light of confirmation hearings beginning today for Senator Chuck Hagel to be President Obama’s next Secretary of Defense, the Center for Constitutional...
October 11, 2012, NEW YORK – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Baltasar Garzón, counsel to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, sent a letter to United States Attorney General...
...Genocidal intent is “not out on the fringes,” Ngcukaitobi told the judges. It’s “embodied in state policy.” Outside observers agree. “These are not rhetorical statements,” Katie Gallagher, senior...
The CCR and other human rights lawyers filed a lawsuit against former Bolivian president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, accusing him of suppressing a 2003 riot which left over 60 people dead and hundreds...
...Katherine Gallagher, a senior staff attorney at the New York City-based Center for Constitutional Rights, submitted victims’ representations to the ICC in support of the prosecutor’s request to...
CCR is proud to join our partners at Detention Watch Network (DWN) for a rally and march to stand with individuals and families who face deportation. This interfaith act of solidarity will bring...
