November 6, 2025This week, the U.S. government was meant to be reviewed at the United Nations as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, a peer-to-peer assessment of every country’s human rights record...
CCR has a strong practice of engaging with international human rights bodies to bring attention to our issues and uplift the experiences of those most impacted by the U.S. government’s failures to...
Updated: March 18, 2016
Amna Akbar, Columbus, OH, is an Associate Professor of Law at Ohio State University. Her research and teaching focus on social movements, critical theory, and policing, race, and inequality. Her...
November 14, 2007, New York, NY – Last night, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) attorneys and co-counsel submitted the final brief to the Supreme Court in the case that will determine whether...
Join CCR at "Government Misconduct in America: Defending Dissent and the Rights of People of Color ," a discussion with CCR Racial Justice and Government Misconduct Attorney Anjana Samant...
Updated: May 13, 2010
In 2010, the U.S. Bureau of the Census hired over a million temporary employees to conduct census surveys and serve in clerical positions. The Bureau ran the names of all applicants through the FBI...
Updated: April 20, 2016
The Center for Constitutional Rights has a strong practice of engaging with international human rights bodies to bring attention to our issues and uplift the experiences of those most impacted by the...
Updated: November 3, 2023
After a panel of judges split 2-1 for the government, Mr. Khalil is urging the full Third Circuit to rehear government’s appeal of orders prohibiting his detention and deportation March 31, 2026,...
The Right to Heal Initiative is a multi-faceted project to address the impact of the war in Iraq. The objectives of the project are to examine the human rights impacts and implications of the Iraq...
Updated: December 31, 1969
Decision Preserves Important Protection for Thousands of Asylum Seekers Previously Turned Back at Ports of Entry March 5, 2020, San Francisco – A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel today blocked...
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