At the Center for Constitutional Rights, we believe in the transformative power of art and culture, and have long worked with artists, storytellers, and cultural institutions to not only reflect the...
Updated: August 26, 2021
Victory! On December 10, 2020, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in our favor , upholding our clients' right to sue federal officials for damages under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA...
Updated: December 11, 2020
Photo of plaintiff Naveed Shinwari taken by Lend Frison Naveed Shinwari is a lawful permanent resident who has lived in the United States since 1998, when he was just 14 years old. He currently lives...
Updated: September 8, 2021
Artwork by Shereen Masoud-Jointe "Solitary confinement has destroyed me...It was like a huge mountain that was on top of me. And the pressure on me was so high it squeezed tears out of my eyes...I...
Updated: April 4, 2022
These documents via the Freedom of Information Act were released to Austin Sanctuary Network, Free Migration Project, and Grassroots Leadership as part of ongoing litigation against ICE. The...
Updated: October 26, 2020
President-elect Biden has been a supporter of closing the Guantánamo Bay prison since he was a senator. The Center for Constitutional Rights welcomes his support as president, and calls on him to...
Updated: January 18, 2022
Artwork by Micah Bazant "This fight is not just my fight, it's our fight. My hope is that the future is brighter for people like me. I hope this lawsuit forever changes the way transgender people in...
Updated: January 19, 2023
Ashley Diamond is a Black, transgender woman and social justice and prisoners' rights activist whose landmark victory against the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) in 2016 made national...
Updated: January 19, 2023
Recent years have seen our community and movement partners on the frontlines wracked by COVID-19, ongoing systemic anti-Black racism, accelerating climate disasters and growing authoritarian...
Updated: November 20, 2024
January 6, 2019, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights welcomed Ken Montenegro as its first-ever Technology Director. He will lead and develop the organization’s technology to...
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