Yesterday, the United Nations special rapporteur on racism issued a powerful statement : the United States makes it way too easy for people to receive death-by-incarceration prison sentences,...
October 18, 2023, Geneva, Switzerland – Today, members of U.S. Civil Society turned their backs in silent protest of the U.S. delegation during the closing remarks given by U.S. Ambassador Michele...
Center for Constitutional Rights is accompanying three delegations, joining dozens of U.S. civil society orgs in calling for accountability October 12, 2023, Geneva – For the first time in nine years...
October 6, 2023, New York – In advance of Monday’s holiday, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: From our offices on Lenape territory in lower Manhattan , we stand in...
Temporary restraining order seeks to safeguard rights during October 7 National March to Protect Trans Youth September 29, 2023 – Today, a group of trans and non-binary people asked a federal court...
September 8, 2023, New York – In response to the Georgia attorney general’s sweeping RICO charges targeting Stop Cop City/ Defend the Atlanta Forest activists , the Center for Constitutional Rights...
U.S. responsible for thousands of Afghans who face arbitrary detention, brutal treatment, legal limbo August 30, 2023, New York – Today, two years after the U.S. government ended its 20-year war in...
August 8, 2023, Washington, D.C. – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights , the Center for Constitutional Rights and Texas A&M Law School Immigrant Rights Clinic and Civil Rights Clinic filed a case in...
Descendants in Cancer Alley brought suit to protect historic Black community and ancestral gravesites from massive grain elevator August 4, 2023, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana – Today, a...
Nearly 20 years after torture scandal broke, Iraqis continue fight for justice; 15-year quest for day in court one step closer to trial August 1, 2023, Alexandria, VA – A federal judge has rejected...