July 29, 2016Ruby-Beth Buitekant is a 2016 Ella Baker summer intern at CCR. Check out her recent interview with the American Bar Association Law Student podcast. I am wrapping up my summer as an Ella Baker summer...
Background: The Center for Constitutional Rights works with communities under threat to fight for justice and liberation through litigation, advocacy, and strategic communications. Since 1966, we...
Updated: December 3, 2018
Students demand urgent relief to be able to advocate for Palestinian rights on campus November 3, 2017, New York, NY – Last night, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fordham students...
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Join J. Wells Dixon, Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, to hear about his firsthand experience representing prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. He is part of the...
Updated: September 2, 2008
April 2009Amid calls for torture prosecutions, former Bush administration officials Friday slammed President Barack Obama's release of terror interrogation memos, warning the move would fuel "timidity and...
January 28, 2016... “Our hope is that the democratic process will proceed to move these bills towards passage, just like any other legislation with such significant support,” said Nahal Zamani, Advocacy Program...
CCR Bertha Justice Fellow Stephanie Llanes will join this panel during the Latino Leadership Institute's Women, Millennials, and LGBTQIA+ Politic Summit. The summit will touch on equity and advocacy...
Updated: June 20, 2017
March 23, 2018...Racial justice groups are suing the Department of Homeland Security to get access to something called the “Race Paper” that may provide clues to the surveillance of black activists. Why do we have...
June 1, 2018... A heavily redacted version of the internal document was released but left key questions unanswered. The NAACP, Free Press, Color Of Change, the Brennan Center For Justice, American Civil...
May 31, 2018...A heavily redacted version of the internal document was released but left key questions unanswered. The NAACP, Free Press, Color Of Change, the Brennan Center For Justice, American Civil Liberties...
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