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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...

Kenyan Families Say U.S. Government Fueling “War on Terror” Disappearances and Killings, Demand Records

November 18, 2021

November 18, 2021, Washington D.C. ‒ Family members of people disappeared and executed by police and paramilitary units in Kenya say the U.S. government is funding and fueling these abuses, and are...

Descendants Project Sues Parish to Invalidate Old Corrupt Zoning Ordinance That Threatens the Health and Safety of Black Historic Community

November 9, 2021

Billionaire Investor Chris James, hailed as a green hero, is behind project seeking to make use of an old zoning ordinance shrouded in corruption that threatens the health, culture, and very...

In D.C. Court, Man Challenges Confinement in Controversial Segregation Unit

October 18, 2021

A lesser-known weapon in the “War on Terror” inflicts suffering on people in prison and denies them due process October 18, 2021, New York ‒ Today, a man who spent nearly five years in a so-called...

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Center for Constitutional Rights Stands in Solidarity

October 11, 2021

October 11, 2021 — In recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: From our offices on occupied Lenape territory in lower Manhattan, we...

Center for Constitutional Rights Comments on Important Hearing on Due Process Rights at Guantánamo Today

September 30, 2021

September 30, 2021, New York — In response to today’s hearing in Abdulrahman al-Hela v. Biden on whether a man held at Guantánamo has rights under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution, the...

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...

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Press Releases

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

Kenyan Families Say U.S. Government Fueling “War on Terror” Disappearances and Killings, Demand Records

Descendants Project Sues Parish to Invalidate Old Corrupt Zoning Ordinance That Threatens the Health and Safety of Black Historic Community

In D.C. Court, Man Challenges Confinement in Controversial Segregation Unit

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Center for Constitutional Rights Stands in Solidarity

Center for Constitutional Rights Comments on Important Hearing on Due Process Rights at Guantánamo Today

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

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