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For First Time, Polls Find Majority of Country Supports Decriminalizing Sex Work, as Do 2/3 of Democrats and Voters Under 45

January 30, 2020

Data for Progress, ACLU, Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Campaign, Women’s March, and two dozen other organizations release report and united policy platform on decriminalizing sex...

Migrant Justice Settles Discrimination Lawsuit with DMV

January 15, 2020

Federal case over immigration information-sharing ends January 15, 2020, Montpelier, VT — Human rights organization Migrant Justice and the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles have reached a...

Landowners Challenge Oil Pipeline Companies’ Power to Exercise Eminent Domain in Louisiana Court of Appeal

January 8, 2020

Pipeline is Environmentally Destructive, Not in the Public Good January 8, 2020, Lake Charles, LA – Today, attorneys representing Louisiana landowners whose property was taken by an oil pipeline...

Stop-and-Frisk Report: NYPD Racial Bias Persists

December 16, 2019

Federal Court Monitor’s Latest Report Shows Ongoing Constitutional Violations, Center for Constitutional Rights Responds December 16, 2019, New York – In response to the release, today, of the latest...

Civil Rights Groups Sue Over Secretive ALEC Meeting

December 4, 2019

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...

New Report Details Impact of Secretive American Legislative Exchange Council on Communities of Color

December 3, 2019

December 3, 2019, Phoenix, Arizona – Today, a coalition of human rights organizations released an in-depth report about the role of the secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in the...

After Landmark Surveillance Lawsuit, New Jersey Muslims Meet with NYPD

November 25, 2019

Plaintiffs & NJ Muslims Targeted by Discriminatory Police Surveillance Have First Face-to-Face Meeting with City and NYPD Officials Newark, NJ — Following a historic lawsuit over the New York...

Shift on Israeli Settlements Violates Norms Established at Nuremberg, Human Rights Attorneys Say

November 19, 2019

November 19, 2019, New York – In response to the Trump Administration’s announcement that it will reject well established, clear and unambiguous international legal standards recognizing the...

Bloomberg Stop-and-Frisk Apology: Too Little, Too Late

November 17, 2019

November 17, 2019, New York – In response to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s apology for stop and frisk, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: After...

Israel Supreme Court Upholds Deportation of Human Rights Defender: Rights Attorneys Respond

November 5, 2019

November 5, 2019 – In response to today’s decision by Israel’s Supreme Court upholding the order for human rights defender Omar Shakir, of Human Rights Watch, to leave Israel, the Center for...

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Press Releases

For First Time, Polls Find Majority of Country Supports Decriminalizing Sex Work, as Do 2/3 of Democrats and Voters Under 45

Migrant Justice Settles Discrimination Lawsuit with DMV

Landowners Challenge Oil Pipeline Companies’ Power to Exercise Eminent Domain in Louisiana Court of Appeal

Stop-and-Frisk Report: NYPD Racial Bias Persists

Civil Rights Groups Sue Over Secretive ALEC Meeting

New Report Details Impact of Secretive American Legislative Exchange Council on Communities of Color

After Landmark Surveillance Lawsuit, New Jersey Muslims Meet with NYPD

Shift on Israeli Settlements Violates Norms Established at Nuremberg, Human Rights Attorneys Say

Bloomberg Stop-and-Frisk Apology: Too Little, Too Late

Israel Supreme Court Upholds Deportation of Human Rights Defender: Rights Attorneys Respond

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