In a decision cheered by human rights organizations and immigrant justice activists, the Supreme Court ruled in Benitez v. Mata (also known as Martinez v. Clark) on January 12, 2005 that the...
April 4, 2008, New York – Today, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Executive Director Vincent Warren issued the following statement: "I am pleased the ACLU and the National Association of...
On July 25, 2011, The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed on Honduras. CCR staff member Laura Raymond responded with the letter below, which was not published. The Truth and Reconciliation...
Updated: August 23, 2011
Accountability, Transition, and Justice: The Future Challenges for International Criminal Law Seton Hall's Transnational Justice Project will host a panel of four leading scholars and practitioners...
Updated: February 27, 2012
October 20, 2015A year after he was fired by the University of Illinois over concerns about the “civility” of his criticism of supporters of Israel, Steven Salaita says that, despite the emotional trauma he suffered...
October 20, 2016Human rights attorneys filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday for failing to release documents on the agencies’ surveillance of...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney J. Wells Dixon will participate in a half-day symposium organized by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage. He will join Debi Cornwall...
Updated: August 24, 2017
In collaboration with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the Stanford University Human Rights in Trauma Mental Health Lab has released a report titled Mental Health Consequences Following...
Updated: April 4, 2018
On March 21st at Yale University, join Center for Constitutional Rights advocacy director, Nadia Ben-Youssef , who will join the discussion "Engaging the Oppressor: How Activists Approach the...
Updated: March 15, 2019
It’s no secret that institutional policies and practices historically created and currently maintain racial discrimination. The movements for Black Lives, against Apartheid, and for Roma rights...
Updated: September 28, 2020
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