October 14, 2015Dear Mayor de Blasio: We understand from a recent report in The New York Times that you will be departing tomorrow on a journey to the State of Israel. According to the article, your purpose is to...
June 28, 2022“An Authoritarian Jurisprudence of Violence and Control”
Join us for a discussion panel as part of the launch of a joint report by Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) examining the United States’...
Updated: October 4, 2013
Previous Program Could Serve as Model for Trump, Attorneys Say January 3, 2017, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and DRUM – South Asian Organizing Center sent Freedom of...
Ghita Schwarz is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She works on racial justice, immigrants' rights, and government misconduct and transparency. Her current cases...
Update: On May 1, 2016, a federal court blocked the Trump administration from terminating Yemen’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) issuing an emergency order to maintain the program’s protections...
Updated: May 13, 2026
New York, August 25, 2011 – Today federal district court Judge Nicholas Garaufis heard closing arguments in V ulcan Society, Inc. v. City of New York , ending a trial that began August 1st to...
We cordially invite you to attend the FIRST NATIONAL TEACH-IN ON FREEDOMS AT RISK IN AMERICA, hosted by the College of Arts and Science (CAS) Student Council of New York University. This all-day...
Updated: February 20, 2008
BEYOND GUANTÁNAMO: The Supreme Court Has Spoken - What Next? Tuesday, July 8, 2008 7:00 PM FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC On June 12, 2008, the Supreme Court issued a historic ruling in the combined...
Updated: June 30, 2008
The Center for Constitutional Rights mourns the passing on August 3rd 2009, of a core member the CCR family, Marilyn Clement. A lifelong social-justice activist who worked with Martin Luther King, Jr...
Updated: December 13, 2010
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