On Sunday, countless people across the country will honor the women and mothers in their families. For many, however, Mother's Day will be a tragic reminder of the reckless and unjust nature of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement programs like the so-called Secure Communities program that has been...

Last week, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) traveled to Geneva, Switzerland to participate in the United Nations' Universal Periodic Review Process. The Review is a relatively new process under the auspices of the U.N. Human Rights Council to review each country in terms of their compliance --...

Friday, October 22nd marks National Day Against Police Brutality, a day where we raise awareness of police violence, brutality and abuse in this country and call for more humane, fair and effective policing practices.

New York has been the stage for particularly horrendous tragedies of police brutality and abuse, including:...

Friday, November 20, marked the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most comprehensive treaty on children’s rights. The convention has been ratified by nearly every country in the world, except for the United States. The convention would fill current gaps in U.S. laws,...

Today, the ACLU's Human Rights Program and Alkarama for Human Rights sent a request to two U.N. Special Rapporteurs (human rights experts) asking them to investigate the "extraordinary rendition", detention and torture of Italian citizen Abou Elkassim Britel.

The ACLU represents Britel and four other...