January 2012J ust over two weeks ago, in a highly publicised event, Troy Davis was executed by the state of Georgia despite global protest and significant evidence of his innocence. Since then, three other men...
Location: The Staff Attorney, CCR South, must live and work in Jackson, Mississippi, with periodic onsite visits to the organization’s headquarters in New York City. This position is based in Jackson...
Updated: June 16, 2026
Amidst the completion of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover of the country, over 124,000 Afghan civilians were evacuated. Those evacuated were sent to several processing...
Updated: January 14, 2025
May 30, 2017, New York – The monitor overseeing reforms to the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices in the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) case, Floyd v. City of New York , filed a report today...
July 16, 2010, New York --The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) today issued the following statement in response to Governor Paterson signing into law a bill that will protect the identities of...
The Center for Constitutional Rights and CUNY Law Review will host a panel to discuss use of creative advocacy and lawyering to challenge dominant political narratives. There will be a special...
Updated: March 4, 2015
It felt like an epic decision in June 2008 when a bitterly divided Supreme court decided that terrorism suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay had access to federal courts to challenge their confinement.
CCR invites you to join us for a free screening and panel discussion of The Newburgh Sting on Monday March 30th at the Anthology Film Archives. The film is a critical and timely look at the impact of...
Updated: March 23, 2015
(This entire 4-page statement is available as a PDF download with this link ) Last week, the American people elected Senator Barack Obama the next president, and the nation’s first African...
Updated: January 11, 2010
December 11, 2023Attacks against queer and trans people in state legislatures continue unabated, with lawmakers demonstrating their intentions over the past few weeks to maintain the momentum from last year's record...
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