A lawsuit against the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for firing Professor Steven Salaita from a tenured position over his tweets critical of Israel’s summer 2014 attack on Gaza.
The Center for Constitutional Rights has a strong practice of engaging with international human rights bodies to bring attention to our issues and uplift the experiences of those most impacted by the...
For the December 9, 2014 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "The State of Civil and Human Rights in the United States," called by the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and...
Please join CCR for oral arguments in Hassan v. the City of New York on Tuesday, January 13th at 10:00 am in Philadelphia, PA. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments over whether...
CCR client and former Guantanamo detainee Murat Kurnaz will speak on a panel of leaders who represent communities directly impacted by U.S. actions and policies that amount to torture, abuse and...
November 6, 2014, Chicago – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel at the People’s Law Office and the Federal Defender Program in Chicago filed a motion to...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Shayana Kadidal will speak on Civil Liberties vs. National Security in Phoenix on November 6th. Constitutional and civil rights developments in the U.S. since 9/11 have had...
October 7, 2014, New York – Despite Mayor de Blasio’s claims that he had a new vision for the City of New York and his dismantling of the New York Police Department (NYPD) Muslim spying...
