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From Daniels v. City of New York, the case that led to the dismantling of the notorious NYPD Street Crimes Unit responsible for killing Amadou Diallo, to our upcoming Supreme Court case which aims to close down Guantánamo and restore habeas corpus, CCR’s work demonstrates unwavering commitment to progressive principles, people’s movements and human rights.
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Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al. is a federal class action lawsuit filed against the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the City of New York that challenges the NYPD's…
The Center for Constitutional Rights and the public interest organization Public Good joined together to submit an amicus brief in support of the Petition for Writ of Certiorari in this case. The Frazier case and…
The Center for Constitutional Rights, in collaboration with Amnesty International USA and Washington Square Legal Services, filed this lawsuit against the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security and…
This is a complaint filed in France by CCR and European human rights organizations against former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for ordering and authorizing torture.
On November 14, 2006, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a criminal complaint with the German Federal Prosecutor to open an investigation and, ultimately, a criminal prosecution that will look into the responsibility of…
Gulino v. The Board of Education of the City of New York and the New York State Education Department is a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of public school teachers of color who are…
Harrington v. MTA is a civil suit filed on behalf of Sikh subway motorman Kevin Harrington against the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), which attempted to prevent him from wearing his turban while on…
Humanitarian Law Project, et al. v. Mukasey (formerly Humanitarian Law Project, et al. v. Ashcroft and Humanitarian Law Project, et al. v. Gonzales, et al.)is a case in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)…
Humanitarian Law Project, et al. v. Reno is a case challenging the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) of 1996, which made it a crime punishable by up to ten years of imprisonment and…
Humanitarian Law Project, et al. v. U.S. Department of Treasury is a case challenging President Bush’s Executive Order 13224 issued under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). This is a companion case to…
CCR joined as an amicus in Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida, two cases that will evaluate how the Eighth Amendment’s clause on cruel and unusual punishment applies to sentencing juveniles. In the amicus brief CCR…
Khan Tumani, et al., v. Obama, el al., is a petition for habeas corpus filed on behalf Abdul Nasser Khan Tumani and Muhammed Khan Tumani, Syrian father and son who have been unlawfully detained in…
CCR’s representation of Majid Khan involves two cases: Khan v. Obama is a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of former Baltimore, MD resident and U.S. asylum-holder, Majid Khan, who was transferred from three-years in…
In Khouzam v. Chertoff, et al., Egyptian citizen and Pennsylvania resident Sameh Sami S. Khouzam is challenging his removal to Egypt, where he feared he would be tortured. CCR filed an amicus brief in support…
Killmon, et al. v. City of Miami, et al. is a lawsuit brought on behalf of 21 activists to challenge the government’s assault on the civil rights of protesters through a deliberate and coordinated disruption…
Kiyemba v. Obama is a habeas corpus petition filed in the D.C. District Court on behalf of 17 innocent Uighur men who have been imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay for almost seven years. The government acknowledged as…
Kunstler v. City of New York is a multi-plaintiff lawsuit filed against the New York Police Department for unlawfully arresting and detaining peaceful anti-war protesters for excessively long periods of time.
On September 26, 2007, the two cases were filed, one in U.S. federal court in the District of Maryland against Sánchez de Lozada, the former President of Bolivia, and the other in the Southern District of…
This FCC petition requests federal regulation of interstate prison telephone calling systems to ensure just telephone rates and adequate telephone services for prisoners.
Matar v. Dichter is a federal class action lawsuit against Avi Dichter, former Director of Israel’s General Security Service (GSS), on behalf of Palestinians who were killed or injured in 2002, when a one-ton bomb…
In Movsesian, et al. v. Victoria Versicherung AG, et al., Plaintiffs are heirs of victims of the Armenian genocide who sued German corporations for unpaid insurance benefits. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that…
The U.S. government continues to violate the international human rights of tens of thousands of displaced Katrina survivors. This report to the United Nations details the extensive homelessness, destruction of low-income housing, government misconduct, and…
Talisman Energy, Inc. aided and abetted the Sudanese Government in a campaign of genocide and torture against non-Muslim African people in Southern Sudan in order to expand their oil exploration in the region.
Rasul v. Rumsfeld is a lawsuit against former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on behalf of four former detainees seeking damages for their arbitrary detention and torture while detained at Guantánamo.
This Petition for Review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s 8-6 en banc decision that Mr. Cardenas Abreu’s pending criminal appeal is a…
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