January 27, 2017...The conference on seeking justice for victims of US torture was organised by leading rights groups including the International Federation for Human Rights and the US-based Center for...
December 14, 2017...In a recent study on the mental health consequences of solitary confinement, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Stanford University’s Mental Health Lab concluded that solitary confinement...
Michel Paradis, a lawyer for a terror suspect who was tortured under Trump pick to lead the CIA, Gina Haspel, joins Ari Melber ahead of her Senate confirmation hearing. Director of the Center for...
Updated: May 11, 2018
After nine weeks of testimony challenging the constitutionality of the New York City Police Department's practice of unlawful stops and frisks, CCR’s historic Floyd et al. v. the City of New...
Updated: May 16, 2013
Please join CCR to pack the courtroom for trial in our landmark case challenging the New York City Police Department’s practice of unlawful stops and frisks, Floyd et al. v. the City of New...
Updated: May 29, 2013
A Brief history of the Alien Tort Statute Adopted as part of the Judiciary Act of 1789, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) has been part of U.S. law for more than 200 years, and allows non-U.S. citizens to...
Updated: February 6, 2017
Save the Date: September 30, 2009 Lunch discussion with Katherine Gallagher, CCR Staff Attorney and Laura Raymond, CCR International Human Rights Associate. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR...
Updated: September 23, 2009
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Darius Charney will speak on a panel at the Criminal Justice in the 21st Century conference for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Brennan Center for...
Updated: December 3, 2013
November 20, 2020... Versions of both of these approaches were used successfully in New York City in Floyd et al. v. City of New York , which famously forced the city to rein in its stop-and-frisk program. In that...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is proud to be a member of the Federal Anti-Solitary Taskforce (FAST): join FAST, the National Immigration Project, and the National Immigrant Justice Center on...
Updated: May 12, 2024
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