THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TURNS 60. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights demands respect for the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of...
Updated: December 2, 2008
April 12, 2024...Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world. Now, three survivors of Abu Ghraib...
November 2013Her integrity has been unfairly smeared in the wake of the stop-and-frisk ruling Last Thursday, three federal appeals court judges removed Judge Shira Scheindlin from the well- known stop-and-frisk...
The full-time Media Associate will provide support for various aspects of the Communications Department and its department director’s work, including the weekly e-newsletter, podcasts, daily social...
Updated: April 19, 2024
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June 28, 2017“If you’re in this country illegally and you committed a crime by being in this country, you should be uncomfortable, you should look over your shoulder. You need to be worried. No population is off...
October 20, 2015A year after he was fired by the University of Illinois over concerns about the “civility” of his criticism of supporters of Israel, Steven Salaita says that, despite the emotional trauma he suffered...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is honored to be awarded the Frederick Douglass Human Rights Award, given annually by the Southern Center for Human Rights to those who have made outstanding...
January 23, 2012, New York – Today the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) wrote to the U.S. State Department expressing concerns that David Murillo and Silvia Mencías, plaintiffs in...
Please join CCR for oral arguments in Hassan v. the City of New York on Tuesday, January 13th at 10:00 am in Philadelphia, PA. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments over whether...
Updated: December 19, 2014
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