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Report: People Formerly Incarcerated in U.S. Immigration Detention Speak Out Against a System That Is Cruel by Design

February 9, 2022

New report on world’s largest detention system shows policies designed to punish immigrants spread coronavirus and how system degrades and dehumanizes people February 3, 2022 — ICE detention...

Trans Activist Secures Groundbreaking Reforms to New York City Homeless Shelter System

November 30, 2021

November 30, 2021, New York — A trans woman’s legal battle against the New York City Department of Homeless Services has ended with major reforms to how transgender people experiencing homelessness...

New Evidence Reveals Georgia Prison Officials Refused to Investigate Transgender Woman’s Reports of Repeated Sexual Assault

November 23, 2021

Facing Increasing Danger, Ashley Diamond Demands Transfer Out of Male Prison November 23, 2021, Macon, GA – Today, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman, submitted new evidence to the court...

Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse Saddening, Infuriating, Utterly Unsurprising

November 19, 2021

November 19, 2021 ‒ In response to the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, who last year shot and killed two people, Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum, and injured a third, Gaige Grosskreutz, during...

Resumption of ICC Investigation Into Afghanistan, While Welcome, Should Not Exclude Groups of Victims or Crimes Within Court's Jurisdiction

September 28, 2021

September 28, 2021 – Yesterday, the ICC Prosecutor announced that he had requested to resume the investigation into international crimes in the Afghanistan situation and that he would be focusing on...

International Criminal Court Shutters Investigation Into U.S. Torture

September 27, 2021

Prosecutor Seeks to Move Forward With Investigation Against Only Taliban, Islamic State-Khorasan Province September 27, 2021—Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan of the International Criminal Court (ICC) this...

Civil Rights Groups to White House: Discriminatory ‘National Security’ Policies Must End

September 20, 2021

New Memorandum from Leading Civil Rights Advocates Documents the Most Egregious Federal Programs that Surveil, Profile, and Criminalize Black, African, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian...

Court Says Turnbacks of Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers Are Unlawful

September 2, 2021

September 2, 2021,San Diego, CA – A federal judge declared unlawful the U.S. government’s turnbacks of asylum seekers arriving at ports of entry along the U.S southern border. The court ruled that...

Center for Constitutional Rights Launches “The 9/11 Effect” Resource Site, Demands Biden Administration Dismantle Post-9/11 Policies

September 2, 2021

Site Provides Historical Context and Resources Around Reckoning With 20 Years of Injustice September 2, 2021, New York – Ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the Center for Constitutional Rights...

NYPD Continues to Underreport Incidents of Stops and Frisks, Significant Racial Disparities Persist

September 1, 2021

Stop-and-Frisk Attorneys Respond to Monitor’s Report September 1, 2021, New York– In response to a report just filed by Peter Zimroth, the court-appointed monitor in the landmark stop-and-frisk case...

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Press Releases

Report: People Formerly Incarcerated in U.S. Immigration Detention Speak Out Against a System That Is Cruel by Design

Trans Activist Secures Groundbreaking Reforms to New York City Homeless Shelter System

New Evidence Reveals Georgia Prison Officials Refused to Investigate Transgender Woman’s Reports of Repeated Sexual Assault

Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse Saddening, Infuriating, Utterly Unsurprising

Resumption of ICC Investigation Into Afghanistan, While Welcome, Should Not Exclude Groups of Victims or Crimes Within Court's Jurisdiction

International Criminal Court Shutters Investigation Into U.S. Torture

Civil Rights Groups to White House: Discriminatory ‘National Security’ Policies Must End

Court Says Turnbacks of Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers Are Unlawful

Center for Constitutional Rights Launches “The 9/11 Effect” Resource Site, Demands Biden Administration Dismantle Post-9/11 Policies

NYPD Continues to Underreport Incidents of Stops and Frisks, Significant Racial Disparities Persist

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