Charles Watts, sentenced under obsolete version of “stacking” law, wins motion in federal court January 4, 2023, New York – Today, a 52-year-old Black man sentenced to 92 years in prison for...
Transgender Woman’s lawsuit sought to hold Georgia prison officials liable for failing to protect her from sexual assault, denying care January 19, 2023, Macon, GA – In response to Ms. Diamond’s...
January 27, 2023 – In response to the release of the video of Tyre Nichols’ murder by five Memphis police, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: We join our community...
ICE officials treated deportation as sport February 6, 2023, New York and Atlanta – U.S. government officials expressed racist attitudes toward Black migrants, treated their deportation as sport, and...
In 2021, the Northwestern University Law Review published "Redeeming Justice," authored by Professor Rachel Lopez (Drexel Kline Law), Terrell Carter, and Ghani Songster. Drawing from human...
Updated: February 10, 2023
The symposium—taking place on Saturday, March 4, at UCLA Law—will explore the intersection of the international human rights framework with the domestic legal, political, and social...
Updated: February 27, 2023
On the occasion of the first session of the newly established UN Permanent Forum on the People of African Descent (UNPFPAD), the Center for Constitutional Rights traveled to Geneva to build...
Updated: February 28, 2023
This short briefing paper is presented to the UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement (UN EMLER), to assist in the...
Updated: March 16, 2023
10 Years Ago this Week, We Went to Court to Expose the Racism of the NYPD
Updated: March 17, 2023
Plaintiffs sue parish council for pattern of racist land use practices that centralize petrochemical plants in Black neighborhoods, declare that new suit is only just the beginning March 21, 2023,...
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