September 22, 2017, Alexandria, VA – Today, a Virginia federal court ruled that three Iraqi individuals formerly detained at the infamous “hard site” at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were subjected...
September 14, 2017, New York – In response to the NYPD releasing the first-ever body camera footage of a fatal police shooting, of Miguel Richards in the Bronx on September 6, the Center for...
September 6, 2017, New York and Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Defending Rights & Dissent released a comprehensive report on state ag-gag laws, which prohibit...
August 28, 2017, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following statement in response to the announcement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions that Trump will sign an...
August 18, 2017 New York, NY — In response to news of White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon's departure, CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren issued the following statement: Justice is a...
Advocates point to alarming reliance on sources hostile to Palestine advocacy to justify ban July 10, 2017, New York, NY – Friday, students at Fordham University filed their opposition to the school’...
The Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Federation for Human Rights submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in Jesner v. Arab Bank in defense of the Alien Tort...
Request cites urgency to make information public as possibility for Trump impeachment looms June 15, 2017, New York, NY – Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sought documents under...
Attorneys Say Report by Monitor Overseeing Reforms Misleads June 7, 2017, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted a court filing highlighting ongoing racial disparities...
May 30, 2017, New York – The monitor overseeing reforms to the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices in the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) case, Floyd v. City of New York , filed a report today...