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The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR
is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change.

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Guantánamo Detainees To Be Heard Before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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Media Advisory: Details of Release of 10 Years of NYPD Data to CCR to be Revealed in Court Conference
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CCR Argues in Opening Brief That U.S. Officials Must Be Held Accountable for Conspiring to Torture Maher Arar
September 23, 2008, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed an opening brief for rehearing en banc with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of Canadian rendition survivor Maher… Read more >>
Court Compels NYPD to Release 10 Years of Stop and Frisk Data to CCR for Racial Profiling Class Action
New York, September 11, 2008 – This week, the United States District Court in Manhattan ordered the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to provide the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) with all stop-and-frisk data… Read more >>
Legality of Prison Telephone Rates Argued in Court
Albany, NY, September 8, 2008 – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenges the constitutionality of the unlawful tax levied on families who received collect calls at exorbitant rates from their loved ones in… Read more >>
Government Conclusions on Guantanamo Deaths Do Not Absolve Government of Responsibility
New York, NY – Late last week, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) released more than 3,000 pages of documents concerning its investigation into the deaths of three detainees at Guantanamo Bay on June 10,… Read more >>
CCR and Co-Counsel File Petition for Certiorari to U.S. Supreme Court to Appeal D.C. Circuit Decision in Guantanamo
August 28, 2008, New York – On August 22, 2008, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel Baach Robinson & Lewis, filed a petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States on… Read more >>
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Moves to Halt Torture at Guantanamo
August 21, 2008, New York – Late yesterday afternoon, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued urgent precautionary measures to protect Djamel Ameziane, an Algerian citizen held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay… Read more >>

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Video: Peter Weiss at the Bush War Crimes Conference

Created on September 14, 2008

At the Bush War Crimes Conference held on September 14, 2008, Peter Weiss, attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, discusses specific approaches for addressing the accountability and prosecution of Bush administration officials during his closing panel discussion.
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