On September 1, 2019, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Lambda Legal, the Transgender Law Center, and a total of 50 legal experts and advocacy organizations filed a submission with the United...
Updated: September 26, 2019
Introduction The United States imprisons more people than any other country in the world, and despite the protections of our Constitution, many endure cruel and unusual punishment. In addition to...
Updated: June 18, 2010
Join CCR to pack the court on February 3rd in Boston for oral arguments in Blum v. Holder , our legal challenge to the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) as an infringement on free speech. CCR...
Updated: January 24, 2014
A Bitter Legacy Thursday, January 30, 2020 6:00 PM: Reception ( Light refreshments will be served ) 7:00 PM: Screening & Talk-back This screening is free and open to the public. RSVP is...
Updated: January 21, 2020
Please join us for a discussion and reception to mark the conclusion of the exhibit, Ode to the Sea: Art From Guantánamo Bay , at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Detainees at the United...
Updated: January 22, 2018
February 19, 2020...In a statement, the Center for Constitutional Rights said the Supreme Court was being asked to consider whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) allows the men to sue FBI agents for...
February 12, 2025, Washington, D.C. — Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration today for access to immigrants transferred from the United States to detention at Guantánamo Bay in...
They leave us in prison for years, uncharged, Because we are Muslims. Where is the world to save us from torture? Where is the world to save us from the fire and sadness? – Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif...
Updated: January 12, 2026
CCR senior staff attorney Darius Charney will testify alongside government officials, academics, law enforcement, advocates, and others as part of a public briefing on NYPD policies and practices...
Updated: March 17, 2017
The Center for Constitutional Rights, together with NYU Review of Law & Social Change, NYU’s Ending the Prison Industrial Complex, and NYU’s National Lawyers Guild Chapter, are...
Updated: October 23, 2023
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