May 24, 2018On Tuesday, a group of academics and human rights and civil liberties organizations issued an open letter expressing concern that celebrities and business leaders did not publicly speak out about...
maya finoh (they/them) is the Political Education and Research Manager for the Center for Constitutional Rights. As part of the Advocacy team's growing Political Education and Research hub, maya...
August 10, 2016, New York – Yesterday, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted a filing in federal court documenting the widespread and systematic...
Palestinian citizens face over 65 discriminatory laws, militarized policing, and severe political repression. At the same time, for over 50 years, Israel has maintained a brutal system of military...
Updated: February 20, 2018
October 14, 2015On September 27, 2015, Cheryl Davila addressed the US Campaign to End Israeli Occupation's Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. After receiving a standing ovation, she told those gathered that she...
July 26, 2023"One way forward, said Diala Shamas, a lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights who joined the demonstration, is to focus on aspects of Israeli policies that are hard to defend. American...
In this episode of the Activist Files, Communications Director Sunyata Altenor and Senior Legal Worker Leah Todd sat with New York Times bestselling author and activist adrienne maree brown. Informed...
Updated: September 30, 2024
January 2012CCR President, Michael Ratner, discusses Guantanamo's 10th anniversary and the deterioration of civil and human rights in post-9/11 America, and the breakdown of a body politic that occurs when a...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is a proud member of the Dignity Not Detention Coalition , which seeks to get New York out of the business of immigration detention. Join the Dignity Not...
Updated: November 11, 2024
Two U.S. human rights lawyers were detained Sunday for 14 hours at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport before being deported back to the United States. Columbia University’s Katherine Franke...
Updated: May 4, 2018
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