January 11, 2012, Washington, DC – Today, on the tenth anniversary of the arrival of the first detained men at the U.S. prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Center for Constitutional...
This year's Bertha Justice Conference will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer by profiling global and domestic models of "movement lawyering"--lawyers and organizers working...
Updated: August 13, 2014
June 2014By ERICA GOODE More than 200 inmates at Pelican Bay, California’s toughest prison, have spent over a decade locked in windowless 8-foot-by-12-foot cells for 22 hours or more a day. Dozens more have...
On October 2, 2006, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) announced that it had filed the first new legal challenges to key provisions of the Military Commissions Act (MCA) passed by Congress...
June 11, 2018Thank you for making the 'Palestine Is Everywhere' night so special! [caption align="right"] [/caption] Between live music performances, powerful dance, and passionate stories, the #JusticeDelegation...
Additions diversify board in lawyering, journalism, and grantmaking May 14, 2018, New York, NY – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is pleased to announce the addition of four members to its...
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
Slavery persists in U.S. prisons; incarcerated workers in Alabama are fighting to abolish it
September 27, 2017The Trump administration’s latest iteration of the Muslim ban, announced on Sunday night, is yet another failed attempt to repackage a white supremacist policy that is unconstitutional and in...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is excited to partner with the Film Forum on the September 19th screening of MIDNIGHT TRAVELER , one family's extraordinary story of...
Updated: September 5, 2019
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