October 7, 2014, New York – Despite Mayor de Blasio’s claims that he had a new vision for the City of New York and his dismantling of the New York Police Department (NYPD) Muslim spying...
October 15, 2014, New York – Today, attorneys in the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) landmark class action stop-and-frisk lawsuit, Floyd v. City of New York , urged a three-judge panel...
A National Conference to Bring the Troops Home NOW! July 23–25, 2010 Crowne Plaza Hotel Ten Eyck Plaza State and Lodge Streets Albany, NY 12207 Purpose of the Conference
Updated: July 23, 2010
Senior Staff Attorney Pam Spees will speak about our SMUG v. Lively case in a forum alongside legal scholars, policy practitioners, and religious studies scholars from across the Americas who will...
Updated: April 7, 2014
On Friday, June 27, 2014, TGNC (Trans and Gender Non-Conforming) People of Color (POC) and allies will take the streets of New York City once again to demand justice and let the world know that the...
Updated: June 12, 2014
Habeas corpus, or the Great Writ, is the legal procedure that keeps the government from holding you indefinitely without showing cause. When you challenge your detention by filing a habeas corpus...
Updated: January 11, 2010
Smoke and flames rose from the sidewalk. A white man took pictures. Slowing down, my breath left me. The fire was a corpse. Leg bones sticking out of the flames. Port Au Prince police headquarters is...
Updated: January 29, 2010
Closing Remarks at Protest by Leili Kashani, Advocacy Program Manager, Center for Constitutional Rights Almost exactly four months ago today, a young Yemeni man cruelly detained for more than ten...
Updated: January 16, 2013
By Peter Finn Sunday, February 06, 2011 A planned trip to Switzerland this week by George W. Bush was canceled after human rights activists called for demonstrations and threatened legal action over...
June 25, 2015Well over a decade after the United States’ 2003 invasion of Iraq, the effects of war linger. The trauma of war is compounded by the conflict between ISIS and local militias; women’s rights are...
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