July 15, 2016, Albany – Today, the Vulcan Society, the fraternal organization of Black New York City firefighters, along with their attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the...
CCR is proud to partner with Directors and Producers for the U.S. premiere of " Dirty Wars ", a documentary film that follows investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill as he explores the...
Updated: June 28, 2013
This article was originally published on Huffington Post on December 28, 2010 Eight young people, who the Fire Department said were "trying to stay warm," perished in a raging fire during...
Updated: December 29, 2010
PLEASE NOTE: CCR has closed its Cuba Travel Project and is no longer operating a hotline. Below please find some general information and links that may be helpful. Up-to-date Federal Regulations...
Updated: February 4, 2015
Watch CCR Executive Director Vince Warren and former deputy legal adviser to the CIA's Counterterrorism Center Vicki Divoll in conversation on an episode of the Bill Moyers show titled, " The...
Updated: February 5, 2013
The US Human Rights Network’s 2017 national conference will be a space for collective healing, reflection, and cooperative strategy. In 2017, a new federal administration rose to power using...
Updated: November 21, 2017
December 18, 2015As a Japanese lawyer studying in the United States, I came across CCR’s case Hassan v. City of New York , a lawsuit challenging the blanket surveillance and religious profiling of Muslim communities...
Keynote Speaker: Thomas B. Wilner – Shearman & Sterling, LLP On June 12, 2008, the United States Supreme Court issued a historic decision affirming the rights of non-citizens held at Guantanamo...
Updated: June 30, 2008
May 10, 2013 -- Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined the mounting opposition to so-called "ag-gag" legislation--state laws that would criminalize undercover investigations...
Updated: March 5, 2015
June 7, 2024...A 2018 lawsuit alleging discriminatory traffic enforcement practices by the Buffalo Police Department is seeking the go-ahead from the federal court to proceed as a class-action lawsuit. The...
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