October 2, 2015Long before a national spotlight was cast on the long-standing, tempestuous relationship between police and the Black and Brown communities they occupy, New York City was in the limelight for its...
January 28, 2019"Remain in Mexico" policy is a virtual wall and will lead to deaths In response to the announcement that the Trump administration will force asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their...
Hundreds of Palestinians killed seeking aid at GHF sites; Trump admin has approved $30 million for the “charity” August 20, 2025, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights today filed a lawsuit...
June 13, 2015The University of Illinois administration has been formally censured by the American Association of University Professors over the Steven Salaita case. Members attending the AAUP's 101st national...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney, Pam Spees, will join in discussion with Frank Mugisha, Executive Director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, the current climate for the LGBT community in Uganda. Rasha Moumneh...
Updated: November 27, 2017
CCR, Palestine Legal, and 20 other rights organizations put out a call on December 9, 2016, International Human Rights Defenders Day, to demand protection for and an end to threats against,...
Updated: March 15, 2017
Come to this timely forum on March 12 at noon to engage lawyers and advocates at the forefront of efforts to end human rights violations at Guantánamo and to close the notorious detention...
Updated: March 10, 2013
October 11, 2017After 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...
June 9, 2015In 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...
July 6, 2015Nearly 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 Steven G. Salaita, whose job offer was revoked last summer by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign following a series of...
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