April 2008After all three NYPD officers charged in the killing of Sean Bell were acquitted, many organizations, including CCR and Peoples' Justice (www.peoplesjustice.org) called for significant changes to the...
March 2012In a correspondence between Jack Goldsmith and CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy, Professor Goldsmith credits Michael Ratner and the Center for Constitutional Rights for initiating—and consistently...
September 22, 2016CCR Executive Director talks about stop and frisk on All In With Chris Hayes.
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the National Lawyers Guild-New York City Chapter (NLG-NYC) sent New York Assembly Members a letter urging them to oppose pending legislation that would...
Updated: January 31, 2014
October 21, 2015This week, Palestine Legal, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the South Florida Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, and CAIR Florida sent a letter to Florida State Senators urging them to...
December 8, 2008, New York – This week, the Coalition to Abolish the Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act launched a campaign to repeal the Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act (AETA), a law that broadens the...
Hundreds of thousands of people are living and sleeping on the ground in Port au Prince. Many have no homes, their homes destroyed by the earthquake. I am sleeping on the ground as well--surrounded...
Updated: January 29, 2010
Warning: The complaint and exhibits contain information that is graphic and that readers may find shocking or disturbing concerning acts of sexual violence, especially for survivors of sexual...
Updated: October 9, 2012
The Feminist Press at CUNY - the world's oldest continuing feminist publisher - is thrilled to honor Human Rights Lawyer Rhonda Copelon with the Crossing Borders Award. This award recognizes...
Updated: September 29, 2009
Meet the CCR staff. Our legal, advocacy and Bertha Justice Institute staff, housed in the Legal Department, and our communications staff, are responsible for CCR’s programmatic work. Our Development...
Updated: June 8, 2022
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