This case, Seeds of Peace v. City of Pittsburgh , USDC W.D. PA, was filed on behalf of activists harassed by the police in the days before the G20 summit in Pittsburgh. It is related to the Codepink...
Updated: September 28, 2009
By Jocelyn Brooks and Greger Calhan, Center for Constitutional Rights Ella Baker legal interns in Port-au-Prince July 14, 2011 — Standing out amidst the wreckage of a destroyed tent were a...
Updated: July 14, 2011
CCR Staff Attorney Alexis Agathocleous will speak on a Legal Advocacy Clinic 101 workshop panel at the Sex & Justice Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan October 5th. The event will take place from...
Updated: October 1, 2012
April 12, 2019... During opening remarks, TBS Director of Original Programming Ashley Golden said that amid all the jokes, “Full Frontal” is a “platform for advocacy.” In the segment, Bee sat down to talk to human...
September 22, 2023...But concerns remain about transparency and accountability features to ensure that federal funding is actually distributed to historically disinvested communities to update their aging and...
D.J.C.V. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") is a habeas corpus case on behalf of D.J.C.V., a two-year old child, and his father, Mr. C., who are asylum seekers from Honduras. They...
Updated: June 27, 2023
June 7, 2020, New York – Early this morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City’s curfew was lifted effective immediately. This change was preceded by a day of historic, peaceful...
On Episode 29 of the Activist Files, communications assistant Lexi Webster speaks with TRANScending Barriers executive director Zahara Green and Abolitionist Law Center executive director Robert "...
Updated: November 18, 2025
In decisions about what cases to take and in our assessment of the outcome of a case, CCR looks beyond a narrow legal lens and considers above all a case’s value to the social movements of which it...
Updated: May 27, 2015
CCR urges the New York State Court of Appeals to hear a case filed by the Nonhuman Right Project, seeking the release of a captive chimpanzee under New York habeas corpus law.
Updated: April 9, 2018
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