October 1, 2017, New York – In response to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: CCR stands in solidarity with the...
Hundreds of thousands of people are living and sleeping on the ground in Port au Prince. Many have no homes, their homes destroyed by the earthquake. I am sleeping on the ground as well--surrounded...
Updated: January 29, 2010
Please join us for an evening of community as we celebrate our 50th year, reflect on 2016, and look to what is upcoming in 2017 and beyond. CCR Executive Director Vince Warren and Bertha Justice...
Updated: December 1, 2016
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Omar Farah will speak at the 2018 annual Day of Remembrance Program and Community Potluck , hosted by the Japanese American United Church. This annual program commemorates...
Updated: February 15, 2018
Victory Preserves Will of 68 Percent of New Orleans Voters Who Elected Duncan on Platform of Transparency and Reform May 4, 2026, New Orleans — A federal court today granted in part Calvin Duncan’s...
CCR is proud to co-sponsor an important discussion with Arun Kundnani organized by Asian American Writers Workshop about his new book The Muslims are Coming! The new front in the War on Terror is the...
Updated: March 13, 2014
Stop-and-Frisk Attorney Responds January 11, 2019, New York – In response to a report just filed by Peter Zimroth, the court-appointed monitor in the landmark stop-and-frisk case Floyd v. City of New...
December 8, 2014, New York – In response to New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s call today that Governor Andrew Cuomo grant him the power to investigate in instances of...
While she did not halt the use of stop-and-frisk, Scheindlin appointed a federal court monitor to oversee a series of reforms. The city appealed Scheindlin’s ruling, saying it made officers...
Updated: November 1, 2013
August 17, 2016Last Friday, August 12, marked the third anniversary of the historic ruling in Floyd v. City of New York , in which a federal court ruled the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional and...
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