February 16, 2011 – Today, attorneys filed a federal civil rights suit in New Orleans on behalf of nine anonymous plaintiffs convicted under Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature law and...
February 1, 2011, New York and San Francisco – Last night the federal district court in San Francisco dismissed CCR v. Obama , a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)...
November 16, 2010, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged the United States Supreme Court to hear the case U.S. v. Kjonaas . In an amicus brief filed today on behalf of...
October 20, 2010 – Washington, DC – Today, a group of advocates and attorneys for displaced women in Haiti submitted a petition calling for urgent action to confront an epidemic of sexual...
September 28, 2010, New York, NY – Discussions at the Human Rights Council (HRC) continued today following the release of a report of the fact-finding mission that investigated the May 31, 2010...
June 13, 2010, New York, NY – Yesterday, the United States’ first prosecution under the little known Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) was derailed when Judge Ronald M. Whyte of the...
July 1, 2010, Washington, D.C . – Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed eight Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding the United States government’s...
June 17, 2010, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) , working with an international coalition, submitted a letter and statement to the U.S. State Department regarding...
June 14, 2010, New York, Jerusalem, Geneva – Today, parties defending a 12th Century Muslim cemetery and holy site in Jerusalem from desecration by Israeli authorities and a U.S. financier...