CCR Attorney Jeena Shah will be speaking at a public hearing to investigate charges that former General David Petraeus was responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity as Iraq/Afghanistan...
Updated: March 18, 2014
January 2, 2014 , Washington – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) petitioned the Supreme Court to review their case challenging surveillance by the National...
Since 1974, the Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook has supported people who are incarcerated, their families, and advocates in challenging mistreatment and abuse in prisons. The Center for Constitutional...
Updated: August 23, 2021
June 2013This week presents a pivotal moment for the New York City Council to do their share in the citywide movement to end the massive violation of rights resulting from the abuse of policing practices like...
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, the constitutionality of a Washington State law protecting citizens from meritless lawsuits that undermine free speech rights will be defended in oral arguments before...
Updated: January 20, 2015
Darius Charney is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Consitutional Rights, where he works on government misconduct and racial justice cases. He is lead counsel on Floyd v. City of New York ,...
The Human Rights Institute, FIAN International, the International Network for Economic, Social, & Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net), & Rights & Democracy Cordially invite you to… The...
Updated: November 16, 2010
June 12, 2017On June 7, artist Ai WeiWei and architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron turned New York City’s Park Avenue Armory into a surveillance park inspired by Hansel and Gretel. The park uses the...
Chandra M. Hayslett is the Communications Director at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She is responsible for leading the overall development of communications strategy and guiding the...
September 7, 2017Today, September 7, 2017, CCR and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) appeared before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) during its 164th session in Mexico City...
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