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CCR Welcomes Four Bertha Justice Fellows

December 6, 2018

Movement lawyering is focus of fellowship December 6, 2018, New York – Four Bertha Justice Fellows will be spending the next two years at the Center for Constitutional Rights getting first-hand...

Victim’s Representative Urges International Criminal Court to Open Investigation into U.S. Crimes in Afghanistan, Citing Guantánamo Detainee’s Declining Health

December 6, 2018

Submits Notice of Hearing Request in U.S. Court to Address Serious Concerns Regarding Physical and Mental Health December 6, 2018, The Hague/New York – Today, the legal representative for one of the...

GITMO LAWYERS URGE REVIEW BOARD TO CLEAR PRISONER FOR RELEASE

November 20, 2018

November 20, 2018, Guantánamo – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights urged a Periodic Review Board (PRB) to recommend that Guled Hassan Duran be cleared for release from...

CCR Stands with Survivors, Condemns Confirmation of Kavanaugh to Supreme Court

October 5, 2018

October 6, 2018, New York – In response to the Senate’s confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: The Center for...

Global Groups Call on Pope to Release Church Files on Former Cardinal McCarrick and Others

August 30, 2018

Groups Condemn False Conflation of Sexual Orientation and Sexual Violence in Former Vatican Ambassador’s Letter as “Wrong and Dangerous” August 30, 2018, Washington D.C. -- Clergy sex abuse survivors...

After PA Grand Jury Report, Survivors Renew Demand For Federal Investigation Into Church Sexual Violence And Cover-Up

August 15, 2018

August 15, 2018, New York – In the wake of the Pennsylvania grand jury report detailing widespread sexual violence across the state and cover-up by senior leaders of the Catholic Church in...

Appeals Court Bats Away Anti-Gay Extremist Scott Lively’s Attempt to Censor Judge

August 10, 2018

August 10, 2018, New York – Today, the First Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Scott Lively’s attempt to appeal a ruling from the district court to remove language that harshly criticized his role...

Court Orders NYPD to Film All Citizen Encounters with Body Cameras

August 10, 2018

Order Calls for Pilot Program to Study Effectiveness of Filming All Encounters August 10, 2018, New York — Late yesterday, a federal court ordered the NYPD to begin using body-worn cameras to film...

Civil Rights Groups Sue NYPD Over Failure to Disclose Information on Gang Policing Policies

August 9, 2018

August 8, 2018, New York – The New York City Police Department (NYPD) maintains a database that classifies thousands of New Yorkers – 99 percent of whom are people of color – as members of local...

Court Orders NYPD to Electronically Record All Citizen Encounters

July 20, 2018

Order Calls for Pilot Program to Study Effectiveness of Documenting All Encounters July 19, 2018, New York — Today, a federal court ordered the NYPD to begin recording all police-citizen...

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Press Releases

CCR Welcomes Four Bertha Justice Fellows

Victim’s Representative Urges International Criminal Court to Open Investigation into U.S. Crimes in Afghanistan, Citing Guantánamo Detainee’s Declining Health

GITMO LAWYERS URGE REVIEW BOARD TO CLEAR PRISONER FOR RELEASE

CCR Stands with Survivors, Condemns Confirmation of Kavanaugh to Supreme Court

Global Groups Call on Pope to Release Church Files on Former Cardinal McCarrick and Others

After PA Grand Jury Report, Survivors Renew Demand For Federal Investigation Into Church Sexual Violence And Cover-Up

Appeals Court Bats Away Anti-Gay Extremist Scott Lively’s Attempt to Censor Judge

Court Orders NYPD to Film All Citizen Encounters with Body Cameras

Civil Rights Groups Sue NYPD Over Failure to Disclose Information on Gang Policing Policies

Court Orders NYPD to Electronically Record All Citizen Encounters

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