The Case Against Shell Royal Dutch Shell, plc (Shell) began oil production in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in 1958 and has a long history of working closely with the Nigerian government to quell...
Ask Court to Find Arizona Legislators in Violation of State’s Open Meeting Law December 4, 2019, Phoenix, AZ – Today, lawyers and advocates from Puente, Mijente, Arizona Palestine Solidarity Alliance...
Advocates for Descendants of Enslaved People are Trying to Prevent Construction of Massive Grain Terminal April 28, 2022, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana – Today, a district court judge...
Last week, CCR learned that Engine 234 in Crown Heights, the fire company of Paul Washington, former President of the Vulcan Society , the fraternal organization of Black firefighters in the FDNY, a...
December 2, 2025, Philadelphia – A coalition of international legal and advocacy rights groups– Abolitionist Law Center, Avaaz Foundation, European Legal Support Center, SOMO, Center for...
CCR and Muslim Advocates have entered into a settlement agreement with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) , ending litigation over the NYPD’s suspicionless surveillance of Muslim Americans in...
People often say “you cannot put a value on human life,” but nobody seems to have told this to the American Legislative Exchange Council – known by its acronym, ALEC. ALEC was one of the right-wing...
November 9, 2016, Springfield, MA – Today, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel, appeared in court to argue that a federal lawsuit...
Jump to Conference Schedule Join law students from across the deep South for a two-day conference that roots the practice and study of law in social justice principles and experience. This conference...
