While all our Gitmo work involves Habeas Corpus broadly, this is for content that DIRECTLY adresses habeas corpus, and the legislative warngling around it.
While Attorney General Mukasey wants Congress to establish the rules for the habeas trials of Guantanamo detainees, the Center for Constitutional Rights points out that this is only another diversion...
July 23, 2008, New York – Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Senior Attorney Maria LaHood, who represents Maher Arar in the U.S., issued the following statement in response to Attorney...
July 21, 2008, New York – In response to leaked portions of Attorney General Michael Mukasey’s speech to be delivered this morning, Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director...
From the Firedoglake Website: For those who saw the response to the Trade Center attacks as an opportunity for the U.S. to uphold international law, this country's conduct has been a failure of...
On July 2, 2008, the U.S. government transferred two Algerians from Guantánamo to the custody of the Algerian government. These were the first Algerians transferred from Guantánamo to...
Center for Constitutional Rights attorneys, Gita Gutierrez and Shayana Kadidal, represented lawyers for Guantánamo detainees before Judge Hogan, who ordered government lawyers to speed up the process...
The judge handling the habeas appeals for more than 200 detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, ordered government lawyers to prioritize these cases after urging from the detainees' lawyers, including...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is hosting a panel at this year’s Netroots Nation 2008 Convention, held from July 17 to July 20, 2008 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. Netroots...
Keynote Speaker: Thomas B. Wilner – Shearman & Sterling, LLP On June 12, 2008, the United States Supreme Court issued a historic decision affirming the rights of non-citizens held at Guantanamo...
BEYOND GUANTÁNAMO: The Supreme Court Has Spoken - What Next? Tuesday, July 8, 2008 7:00 PM FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC On June 12, 2008, the Supreme Court issued a historic ruling in the combined...
