Thursday, November 9, 2017, Baton Rouge, LA – Today, a broad base of Louisiana advocacy groups opposed to the Bayou Bridge Pipeline, represented by the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights...
June 3, 2019We're helping movements challenge oppressive systems with FOIA requests [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Wednesday, the Center for Constitutional Rights launched the Open Records Project : FOIA...
Federal Court Monitor’s Latest Report Shows Ongoing Constitutional Violations, Center for Constitutional Rights Responds December 16, 2019, New York – In response to the release, today, of the latest...
April 2014One year ago Thursday, in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court interjected uncertainty into otherwise well-settled law relating to the reach of the U.S. Alien Tort Statute...
May 23, 2019...According to the 37-page federal complaint filed in Baton Rouge by attorneys with the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Loyola University College of Law, the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and...
In the 10 years since the tragic attacks of 9/11, much has changed in our country. This anniversary is an opportunity to evaluate those changes, to rededicate ourselves to human rights and civil...
Updated: September 29, 2011
On September 14, 2012, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted a statement before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Democratic Policy Committee on the Effects of Solitary...
Updated: September 20, 2012
Prepared for the 9th Annual World Day Against the Death Penalty, this position paper explores the link between the death row experience and torture. To read an op-ed by Rachel and Robert Meeropol...
Updated: May 16, 2012
March 22, 2019The New York Police Department (NYPD) recently unveiled a new digital tool that it says can sift through police reports to help officers spot patterns of crimes potentially committed by the same...
April 24, 2020...“Due to the unprecedented nature of COVID-19, [ICE] is reviewing cases of individuals in detention who may be at higher risk for severe illness as a result of COVID-19. Utilizing CDC guidance...
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