Stop-and-frisk abuses and other abusive NYPD practices over the past few decades resulted in a federal court ordering that changes be developed with community input, as the result of several class...
Updated: November 18, 2016
CCR Bertha Justice Fellow Stephanie Llanes will present a workshop on Movement Lawyering at Lánzate 2016: Mijente Gathering in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Mijente is a digital and grassroots hub for...
Updated: November 21, 2016
Please join us for an evening of community as we celebrate our 50th year, reflect on 2016, and look to what is upcoming in 2017 and beyond. CCR Executive Director Vince Warren and Bertha Justice...
Updated: December 1, 2016
January 1, 2017Two of the most important cases that the Supreme Court will hear during its current Term involve the availability of “ Bivens remedies” judge made causes of action that allow individuals to seek...
January 19, 2017...Shayana Kadidal, the lead attorney for Guantánamo cases with the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents the Algerian detainee, expressed frustration with the Obama administration for...
CCR is proud to join the New York Day of Remembrance Committee (NYC DOR) in a two-day program marking the 75th anniversary of President Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066, which led to the...
Updated: February 14, 2017
February 10, 2017...On this week’s episode of Big Time Dicks , Prachi Gupta and I focus on Sessions’ work as Alabama Attorney General and, later, Senator—and, just a note, it’s really alarming to hear a racist life’s...
What do you do when your country doesn’t recognize your right to safety, protection from harm, or freedom? In a world where homophobia and racism rule, violence toward women and gender-nonconforming...
Updated: April 12, 2017
(Kabul, New York, The Hague) Ten years after the opening of a preliminary examination on Afghanistan by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor into the international crimes...
June 19, 2017The supreme court on Monday handed a victory to George W Bush’s attorney general, FBI chief and other officials, ruling they cannot be sued over the treatment of detainees, mainly Muslims, who were...
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