February 5, 2018, New York –Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sent a letter to the New York City Council Committee on...
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...
... In 2014, James Mitchell confirmed to Vice News that he personally waterboarded alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Mitchell also reportedly waterboarded Abu Zubaydah at a secret CIA...
Announcing his plan to close Guantanamo Bay's prisons, President Barack Obama proposed Tuesday that the United States relocate the camp's detainees to the U.S. mainland where their indefinite...
Context This is a resource page to help people support the call by the Women of Cancer Alley for a moratorium on new petrochemical industry facilities and closure of existing facilities that refuse...
This page contains summaries and transcripts from each day of the Floyd v. City of New York trial. The transcript is at the end of each day’s update. #NYPDonTrial ul.drawers,ul.drawers ul{...
This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
May 14, 2012, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) responded to new NYPD data showing the highest rate of unlawful stop-and-frisk to date during the first quarter of...
July 10, 2020, New York — This week, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling regarding an emergency motion and supplemental submission filed by the...