October 31, 2018— The Center for Constitutional Rights was recently made aware of the unjust indictment of its board member, civil rights and criminal defense attorney Leonardo Aldridge, on malicious...
Center for Constitutional Rights Advocacy Program Manager Aliya Hussain , Senior Managing Attorney Shayana Kadidal , and Senior Attorney Wells Dixon answer questions about the state of Guantánamo...
Updated: February 16, 2022
November 9, 2007, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) argued before the Court of Appeals that rendition victim Maher Arar’s case against U.S. officials should be...
June 5, 2020 To: Marjorie McKeithen Counsel for FG LA, LLC Jones Walker Re: Juneteenth Ceremony on Buena Vista Plantation Cemetery Ms. McKeithen: In my May 22, 2020, letter, I advised that RISE St...
Updated: June 8, 2020
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren will join a CLE panel and program sponsored by the New York City Bar Association. The program will explore the role of international human rights standards and...
Updated: March 29, 2016
June 20, 2017Dozens of lawyers gathered at the New York City Bar Association's third annual Diversity and Inclusion Conference this week with a similar question: What can we do to help? City bar president John...
December 11, 2020...Last week, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Southern Poverty Law Center, sued the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) for...
January 26, 2017The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC in association with The Public Theater presents Public Forum: Letters From Detention tonight, January 26 at 7PM. This month, the Supreme Court heard...
January 21, 2021... Terrorism is a nebulous legal concept , and related statutes have historically been used to target Black and brown communities and environmental activists — rarely ever used to prosecute far-...
On Tuesday, May 18th, at 10:00 a.m. EST, join the Center for Constitutional Rights, Families for Freedom, the Abolish ICE NY-NJ Coalition, State Senator Julia Salazar (D18), and Assemblymember...
Updated: May 15, 2021
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