The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is a New York–based nonprofit legal and educational organization founded in 1966 that uses impact litigation, advocacy, and public education to defend civil liberties and advance international human rights, with a focus on representing marginalized communities and challenging government and corporate abuses.
Civil liberties and First Amendment protection, national security and surveillance oversight, anti-torture and detainee rights, immigrant and refugee rights, criminal justice reform and prisoners' rights, police accountability and racial justice, corporate accountability for human rights abuses, LGBTQ+ and gender justice
Primarily supported by foundation grants and individual donations, supplemented by program grants, membership contributions, and occasional litigation-related fee recovery
Founders William Kunstler and Arthur Kinoy; former CCR president Michael Ratner and current executive director Vincent Warren; frequent collaborators include the ACLU, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Lawyers Guild, Human Rights Watch, and the Bertha Foundation
Non-profit legal advocacy organization (501(c)(3))
