Today, December 10, 2023, marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This document is recognized for enshrining fundamental and inalienable rights to which all...
December 11, 2023Attacks against queer and trans people in state legislatures continue unabated, with lawmakers demonstrating their intentions over the past few weeks to maintain the momentum from last year's record...
December 12, 2023An expansive, non-Western view of human rights is a necessity.
January 2024 marks 22 years of U.S. detention of Muslim men and boys at the Guantánamo Bay prison. Thirty Muslim men remain at the notorious facility: most have never been charged with a crime...
Updated: January 10, 2024
Join us on Tuesday , January 30, 2024 , from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for a panel discussion investigating how movement lawyers and community advocates collaborated to address NYPD racial profiling in Floyd...
Updated: December 18, 2023
Center for Constitutional Rights Supports Critical NYPD Transparency Legislation How Many Stops Act December 20, 2023, New York – As the New York City Council prepares to vote on the police...
Declarations included from former Biden State Department official Josh Paul and from plaintiffs December 23, 2023, New York – Hours after the U.S. abstained on a United Nations Security Council...
December 21, 2023...Samah Sisay, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights and spokesperson for Communities United for Police Reform, said stops are trending toward an all-time high since 2015. She said a...
December 21, 2023...The policy blunted the technology’s potential for accountability in other ways. Officers could decide when to start filming, instead of at the beginning of all interactions as the public wanted...
December 21, 2023...The How Many Stops Act attracted the support of police reform and advocacy organizations like Communities United for Police Reform and the Center for Constitutional Rights, while the solitary...
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