Paris, New York, 26 November 2007 - The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)...
CCR Executive Director joins Joy Reid and her expert panel to discuss the implications of Donald Trump shaping policy surrounding policing, civil rights oversight, and more. Trouble seeing the video...
Updated: November 18, 2016
May 2008This article focuses on a new CCR lawsuit against CACI and Titan that accuses CACI and Titan employees of torturing Iraqi civilians detained at Abu Ghraib prison five years ago. You can access the...
Senior staff attorneys conduct litigation and advocacy around existing Center for Constitutional Rights cases – and develop new, creative litigation and advocacy – in our issue areas, which include:...
Updated: November 10, 2021
September 2007The CCR and other human rights lawyers filed a lawsuit against former Bolivian president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, accusing him of suppressing a 2003 riot which left over 60 people dead and hundreds...
November 2009In response to Louisiana justice Keith Bardwell's refusal to wed an interracial couple, CCR director Bill Quigley comments, "Maybe he's worried the kids will grow up and be president."
January 2012CCR Legal Director, Baher Azmy, elaborates on President Obama’s biggest failed promise: how after 10 years since the prison camp opened, and three years after Obama pledged to close it, Guant...
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren speaks with Democracy Now! about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's acceptance speech last night at the Republican National Convention. Trouble...
Updated: October 28, 2016
December 11, 2019... Despite the NYPD’s claims of not being guilty of misconduct or racial discrimination, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has documented cases which it has fought against the department...
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