December 14, 2011, New York – As President Obama said this afternoon that he would not veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the...
January 11, 2024...Genocidal intent is “not out on the fringes,” Ngcukaitobi told the judges. It’s “embodied in state policy.” Outside observers agree. “These are not rhetorical statements,” Katie Gallagher, senior...
The Center for Constitutional Rights invites you to join us in a fireside chat with renowned human rights activist and general secretary for the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (...
Updated: January 24, 2019
December 16, 2010, New York – Today the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) wrote to President Barack Obama outlining concerns that deporting people with criminal convictions to Haiti...
The Center for Constitutional Rights was pleased to learn of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s decision to no longer pursue the death penalty against internationally renowned journalist and...
We should all be concerned about human rights and about the negative effects of the Bush administration has had in that area—the torture, the unwarranted wiretapping, the disregard for the...
Updated: April 8, 2008
August 2, 2019...Katherine Gallagher, a senior staff attorney at the New York City-based Center for Constitutional Rights, submitted victims’ representations to the ICC in support of the prosecutor’s request to...
CCR is proud to join our partners at Detention Watch Network (DWN) for a rally and march to stand with individuals and families who face deportation. This interfaith act of solidarity will bring...
Updated: March 7, 2017
April 18, 2011, New York and Washington, D.C. – Today, the United States Supreme Court announced that it will not hear the Guantánamo detainee case Kiyemba v. Obama. The decision follows...
February 26, 2021Dear Friend, The Center for Constitutional Rights entered Black History Month with the purpose of paying tribute to the living legacy of Black freedom fighters, organizers, and artists who have...
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