November 12, 2015Steven Salaita will not be reinstated under the terms of an out of court settlement with the University of Illinois . The deal will pay Salaita $875,000 – about ten times the annual salary he would...
On January 22, 2019, CCR Advocacy Program Manager Nahal Zamani testified before the Public Safety Committee of the New York City Council on a hearing on the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB)...
Updated: April 12, 2019
June 26, 2017, New York – In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to review Trump’s Muslim ban, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: While we are gratified that...
September 8, 2021... The U.S. government reaction to 9/11 was “not just a series of haphazard policies or incidental responses, but a profound ideological construct that affected our entire political and legal...
Join CCR at a performance of The Exonerated and a special panel discussion moderated by CCR Director of Education and Outreach Annette Warren Dickerson and featuring CCR Staff Attorney Alexis...
Updated: October 8, 2012
Please join the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) as we join City Council Members Jumaane Williams and Brad Lander, along with other elected officials for a press conference at City Hall in New...
Updated: July 29, 2013
August 2014On Monday, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a request to the U.S. Supreme Court for judicial review of Blum v. Holder, a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Animal Enterprise...
June 2, 2015Remember the horrific accounts of CIA torture exposed in the executive summary of the Senate Torture Report? It gets worse.
Our dedication to human rights and social justice struggles has led us to complement our legal work with robust advocacy and communications work, and a conscious effort to support grassroots...
Updated: December 11, 2024
CCR Bertha Justice Fellow Noor Zafar will join a distinguished interfaith panel examining the recent surge in acts of religious intolerance, and how to counteract such intolerance both as community...
Updated: April 4, 2017
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