Signing of the Patriot Act.
CCR was the first organization to challenge the Bush administration’s policy of “extraordinary rendition,” where suspects are secretly transferred from U.S. custody to foreign governments that are notorious for poor human rights records. Since our founding, we have fought against similar government abuses of power – restrictions on travel to Cuba, illegal surveillance and wiretapping, and U.S. military aggression in Central American and Iraq. And post-9/11, we continue to fight the government’s use of the “state secrets” doctrine to cover-up its misdeeds as well as fight its classification of many First Amendment activities as “material support” to groups the U.S. has labeled as terrorist organizations.
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The Attorney General should appoint an independent prosecutor with a full mandate to investigate and…
On July 18, 2012, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union…
Susan Hu speaks about what it is like to work on CCR's numerous Guantanamo Bay legal battles.
Watch excerpts from the documentary "Guantanamo Unplugged" by Stephan Bachenheimer.
Hassan v. City of New York, filed on June 6, 2012 in federal court in New Jersey, was brought on behalf of several New Jersey plaintiffs who were targeted and surveilled by the New York…
Watch our video about 16-year-old Abdulrahman. On October 14, 2011, he was eating dinner with his teenage cousin at an open-air restaurant when they and five others were killed by a U.S. drone strike. On July 18, 2012,…
May 22, 2013, New York –Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a complaint and motion for preliminary injunction asking a federal district court in Baltimore to order the military judge in the court-martial of Bradley Manning to grant… Read More >>
CCR is proud to partner with Directors and Producers for the U.S. premiere of "Dirty Wars" described in detail below. View the film trailer here. The film will open in select theatres on June 7th, with ongoing openings and screenings throughout… Read More >>
Wallace v. Kern is a class action lawsuit filed by CCR and the National Lawyers Guild on behalf of seven indigent inmates awaiting trial in the Brooklyn House of Detention. These men had filed a handwritten class action complaint and… Read More >>
In September 1988, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) won a significant victory for the Nicaraguan humanitarian aid campaign. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas did away with licensing requirements for humanitarian aid under the International… Read More >>
