February 2, 2017Today marks the five-year anniversary since NYPD officer Richard Haste killed 18-year-old Ramarley Graham in his Bronx home. The five-day departmental trial of Officer Haste wrapped up last week, and...
December 16, 2016While tech industry CEOs were cozying up to Trump , tech workers were modeling what resistance in the industry to the president-elect should look like. In an extraordinary letter , more than 1,200...
September 15, 2009, New York – In response to today’s release of a report by an independent Fact Finding Mission established by the United Nations Human Rights Council on the December...
August 2, 2016, New York – In response to the resignation of Commissioner Bratton, Center for Constitutional Rights attorney Darius Charney made the following statement: We hope and fully expect the...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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