April 24, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights appealed the decision of a federal court judge to dismiss a lawsuit against high-level Bush administration officials for...
On December 8, 2015, CCR Legal Worker Ian Head testified on behalf of the Center before the New York State Assembly on the use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement officials. Testimony of the...
Updated: December 14, 2015
June 21, 2018, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Rule of Law Clinic at Yale Law School released “ Window Dressing the Muslim Ban: Reports of waivers & mass...
On August 14, 2018, over 100 lawyers and advocates sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing concern over Israel's policy of detaining and denying entry to human rights...
Updated: August 14, 2018
October 23, 2017Should the U.S. Supreme Court be the court of the world? In the 18th century, two feuding Frenchmen inspired a one-sentence law that helped launch American human rights litigation into the 20th...
February 5, 2019, Washington, D.C. – Last night, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against Dr. Steven Salaita over the American Studies Association’s (ASA) resolution to endorse the call to...
Six Incarcerated People Challenging Lifetime Ban on Parole for Those Convicted of Felony Murder October 25, 2021, Harrisburg, PA ‒ A lawsuit brought by six people serving mandatory Death-By-...
Declarations included from former Biden State Department official Josh Paul and from plaintiffs December 23, 2023, New York – Hours after the U.S. abstained on a United Nations Security Council...
The US Human Rights Network’s 2017 national conference will be a space for collective healing, reflection, and cooperative strategy. In 2017, a new federal administration rose to power using...
Updated: November 21, 2017
Emily C. R. Early serves as the Associate Director of CCR South. Her primary responsibilities include leading the expansion of CCR South’s engagement in movement litigation and advocacy and...
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