After sidestepping the issue four years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to reckon with a question that global businesses and human rights groups want answered: whether...
In the summer of 2014, beginning on July 8, Israel launched a 50 day military operation against Gaza, dubbed Operation Protective Edge. People around the world were horrified by the images of carnage...
Nearly a year has passed since the firing heard around the world. Steven G. Salaita, whose job offer was revoked last summer by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign following a series of...
In a case that highlights what some are calling the “Palestine exception” to free speech on college campuses across the nation, DemocracyNow! looks at students who are suing Fordham University’s...
Join CCR Senior Staff Attorney Pardiss Kebriaei and Advocacy Program Manager Aliya Hussain for a discussion about their legal and political advocacy for the victims of the so-called U.S. "war on...
Without Due Process, Detainees Face Detention for Life, Lawyers Warn D ecember 11, 2019, Washington, D.C. – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights urged a federal appeals court to...
April 4, 2011, New York and Washington – Today, the Supreme Court announced it will not hear three of the Guantánamo detainee cases it had been asked to review and delayed a decision on...
January 29 , 2014 , New York – The New York Senate passed S.6438, legislation drafted in response to the ASA resolution calling for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, yesterday...
January 7, 2016, New York – Today, Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in response to the settlement of Raza v. City of New York , a lawsuit filed...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights and The Promise of Justice Initiative on Wednesday , August 14 , at 6 p.m. CT for a screening in New Orleans of the documentary Plantations and Prisons: A...
