September 28, 2010, New York, NY – Discussions at the Human Rights Council (HRC) continued today following the release of a report of the fact-finding mission that investigated the May 31, 2010...
August 7, 2015The NYPD said Friday it would implement the recommendations of a police monitor to give better guidance to its patrol officers on when they can detain and question people on the street. Monitor Peter...
May 3, 2017As analyses of the first months of the Trump administration continue, let’s reflect on how much control the corporate sector now has within major areas of the U.S. Government. Let’s survey the scene...
June 23, 2016, Salt Lake City – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a brief in support of animal rights activists challenging Utah’s so-called “ag-gag” law, which punishes...
CCR will co-sponsor a panel discussion with the Metropolitan New York Religious Campaign Against Torture about Solitary Confinement: New York's Hidden Problem on Wednesday, October 17th at 6:30 p.m...
Updated: October 9, 2012
Time: 5:30-7:30pm , Join CCR Staff Attorney Maria LaHood for a panel about CCR’s efforts to secure accountability for torture by the U.S. government and private military contractors. Speakers...
Updated: September 16, 2010
New members bolster our engagement at the intersections of technology, structural racism, and law enforcement January 28 , 2020, New York, NY – The Center for Constitutional Rights is happy to...
November 2014“We tortured some folks,” President Obama said recently. I was one of those folks, and today I am at the United Nations to confront the government responsible for torturing me. It is the first time...
September 14, 2017, New York – In response to the NYPD releasing the first-ever body camera footage of a fatal police shooting, of Miguel Richards in the Bronx on September 6, the Center for...
May 4, 2020YES! Federal judge recommends release of 13 ICE detainees in Louisiana amid COVID-19 [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Thursday evening, a federal judge recommended the release of 13 medically...
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