Center for Constitutional Rights

Description

The Center for Constitutional Rights is a non-profit legal advocacy organization based in New York City that works with communities under threat to fight for justice and liberation. It was founded in 1966 to support civil rights activists and pursue social justice causes. It works through litigation, advocacy and strategic communications.

The organization challenges oppressive systems of power, including structural racism, gender oppression, economic inequity and governmental overreach. Its issue areas include abusive immigration practices, corporate human rights abuses, discriminatory policing, government surveillance, mass incarceration, racial injustice, Palestinian solidarity and torture and war crimes. It has brought cases before the US Supreme Court, including Rasul v. Bush, which established the right of Guantanamo Bay detainees to challenge their detention in US courts.

The Center for Constitutional Rights operates in the United States and has taken part in international human rights litigation. Its work is carried out by legal, advocacy and communications staff, overseen by a board of trustees of lawyers, activists and academics.