Center for Constitutional Rights
Non-profit
| Center for Constitutional Rights link Influencewatch Website | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1966 |
| Founders | Arthur Kinoy, William Kunstler |
| Type | Non-profit |
| Legal advocacy organization based in New York City focusing on civil liberties and human rights litigation, and activism | |
The Center for Constitutional Rights[1] (CCR) is a progressive non-profit legal advocacy organization based in New York City, New York, in the United States. It was founded in 1966 by Arthur Kinoy, William Kunstler and others particularly to support activists in the implementation of civil rights legislation and to achieve social justice.
CCR has focused on civil liberties and human rights litigation, and activism. Since winning the landmark case in the United States Supreme Court of Rasul v. Bush (2004), establishing the right of detainees at Guantanamo Bay detainment camp to challenge their status in US courts and gain legal representation, it has provided legal assistance to people imprisoned there and gained release for many who were unlawfully held or proven not to be a risk to security.
Problems
Not a word of protest against vaccine passports of other forms of medical coercion[2].
Funding
The executive director of Center for Constitutional Rights is Vincent Warren. Its advocacy director is Nadi Ben-Youssef, and its Legal Director is Baher Azmy. Donita Judge is associate executive director.
Warren earned $259,846 in 2017; Azmy earned $210,322.[3]
In FY 2021-2022, total income was $12.9 million; total expenses were $11.8 million.[4][5] In 2020, CCR received $17,000 from the Tides Foundation.[6] In 2016-2022, CCR received $5.2 million from the Ford Foundation.[7] In 2016-2021, CCR received $7.2 million from the Open Society Foundation.[8]
References
- ↑ The Center for Constitutional Rights.
- ↑ https://ccrjustice.org/search/site/covid-19?solrsort=ds_created%20desc
- ↑ https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2018/11/FY18_990%20excluding%20Schedule%20B.pdf
- ↑ https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2022/12/CCR-Annual-Report-2022.pdf#page=44
- ↑ https://www.ngo-monitor.org/ngos/center_for_constitutional_rights/
- ↑ https://www.tides.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2020_Tides-Foundation_Form-990-Public-Disclosure-1.pdf
- ↑ https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all?minyear=2015&maxyear=2021&page=0&search=%26SearchText%3DCenter%20for%20Constitutional%20Rights
- ↑ https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?filter_keyword=center+for+constitutional+rights