June 1, 2016This week, CCR welcomed its 2016 Class of Ella Baker Summer Legal Interns. Each year, CCR receives hundreds of applications from students around the world interested in learning from us and growing...
April 30, 2018The impact of Trump's Muslim ban on Yemeni-Americans [caption align="right"] [/caption] Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Trump's Muslim Ban. As CCR Legal Worker Ibraham...
December 21, 2018, New York – After legal threats and false allegations from Shurat HaDin-The Israel Law Center, the donation platform Donorbox has temporarily suspended the BDS National Committee’s...
October 11, 2021 — In recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: From our offices on occupied Lenape territory in lower Manhattan, we...
Versión en español a seguir September 22, 2022, New York — A federal district court judge ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday to search the records of former Trump...
The Center for Constitutional Rights works with communities under threat to fight for justice and liberation through litigation, advocacy, and strategic communications. Since 1966, we have taken on...
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August 15, 2023...The lawsuit was brought by the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in 2008 on behalf of three former Abu Ghraib detainees, all Iraqis, who contend they were wrongly imprisoned...
July 29, 2020“Keep the Faith” are the thoughtful words The Honorable John Lewis wrote in my autographed copy of his memoir in 1998, shortly after his book, “Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement,”...
After yesterday’s earthquake that devastated Haiti and left tens of thousands of casualties in its wake, CCR would like to take a moment and ask you to consider supporting relief efforts in...
January 3, 2013, New York – In response to President Obama’s signing of the controversial 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the...
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