CCR senior staff attorney Darius Charney will testify alongside government officials, academics, law enforcement, advocates, and others as part of a public briefing on NYPD policies and practices...
Agribusiness and their corporate lobbyists have convinced a number of legislatures to pass bills criminalizing activists and whistleblowers, who dare to expose animal cruelty or malfeasance. The...
November 16, 2017, New York – In response to the new stop-and-frisk training materials that will be used to train all NYPD patrol officers, sergeants, and lieutenants over the next 18 months to 2...
What are the government’s “kill lists” and why are they illegal? The government has “kill lists” of individuals suspected of terrorism, including U.S. citizens, who are...
October 8, 2010, New York – The Center For Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a brief in federal court responding to the Obama administration's...
New York, August 18, 2011- In the wake of protests and civil disobedience in Chicago yesterday and across the country criticizing the Obama administration’s Secure Communities program,...
At the height of the NYPD’s unconstitutional and discriminatory stop-and-frisk program, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers were being stopped every year for a “furtive movement.” Thousands more...
Come hear two of Palestine’s leading human rights defenders discuss conditions on the ground, the status of human rights violations, and the future facing Palestinians. IPS’s Middle East expert...
Join us at the 2018 CCR Celebrates Changemakers! The Changemakers awards honor advocates, lawyers and artists who stand up for social justice – sharing CCR’s commitment to challenge oppressive...
November 27, 2007, New York – Today, the City of New York released preliminary data from its January 2007 firefighter written exam and claimed that the percentage of Black and Latino firefighters who...
