July 15, 2016Earlier this week, the New York Times broke the news that New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito would be working with the NYPD to revise the administrative regulations contained in the...
August 23, 2021We’re urging members of Congress to protect Cameroonian immigrants fleeing conflict We joined the Cameroon American Council and #CameroonTPS Coalition in sending a letter to members of Congress...
June 2014By Laura Raymond, Advocacy Program Manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights "I would like to recall the first US war in Iraq, in '91 at 2:30 a.m. when those bombs went down and they devastated...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is excited to co-sponsor the War on Terror Film Festival , a month-long, virtual program organized by the Coalition for Civil Freedoms featuring 20 award-winning...
Updated: October 20, 2021
Slavery persists in U.S. prisons; incarcerated workers in Alabama are fighting to abolish it
April 24, 2017This 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...
February 5, 2013, New York – In response to the release of a Justice Department white paper titled, “Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen who is a Senior...
October 31, 2009, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP issued the statement below in response to the release of...
November 18, 2015The Center for Constitutional Rights, Palestine Legal, and the ACLU of Southern California sent the following letter to UCLA today regarding violations of the right to free expression and political...
September 26, 2013, Oakland – Today, lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal judge to grant class action status to a lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary...
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