September 22, 2015Pope Francis is visiting the U.S. this week, including a stop at the United Nations in New York on Friday. He has been roundly praised for his pronouncements on climate change , economic inequality...
CCR Communications Associate and former political prisoner Lauren Gazzola will welcome students and activists to a meeting of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) NYC Animal Rights Activism Committee...
Updated: October 20, 2014
CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy will join a distinguished panel titled, "How Can Strategic Litigation Deliver Transformative Change? International Perspectives." The panel is part of a larger three-day...
Updated: October 7, 2016
January 7, 2011, Madrid, Spain – Today, the U.S.-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) asked a Spanish Judge to...
December 3, 2021... “It’s not part of the ‘punishment,’ for people who are serving time, to be sexually abused, harassed and assaulted, day in and day out,” says Chinyere Ezie, a senior attorney at the Center for...
Wright v. Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, et al. is a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), together with attorneys from the National Conference of...
Updated: December 11, 2007
Please join the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) as we join City Council Members Jumaane Williams and Brad Lander, along with other elected officials for a press conference at City Hall in New...
Updated: July 29, 2013
The Center for Constitutional Rights is excited to collaborate with the Depaul Art Museum (DPAM) and the Tea Project on Remaking the Exceptional: Tea, Torture, and Reparations | Chicago to Guant...
Updated: January 5, 2022
On February 23, 2006, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in response to news reports confirming further abuse of prisoners at Guantánamo. CCR leads a team of...
November 5, 2013, Washington D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel Joseph Margulies filed an appeal on behalf of former Guantánamo prisoner David Hicks...
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