Arguments in Major Asylum Case to Be Held March 24 February 20, 2026, Washington, DC – This week, Democratic lawmakers, former government officials, human rights advocates, immigration law professors...
Baher Azmy is the Legal Director of the Center of Constitutional Rights. He directs all litigation around issues related to the promotion of civil and human rights. At the Center for Constitutional...
More than a year ago the Supreme Court ruled in the Center for Constitutional Rights case Rasul v. Bush that the Guantanamo detainees have a right to file habeas corpus petitions in U.S. courts...
June 30, 2014, Richmond, VA – Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that victims of torture and abuse in Abu Ghraib prison could pursue legal claims for their abuse against private...
May 16, 2013 -- Just two weeks before the third anniversary of the killing of Furkan Doğan by Israeli forces during an attack on a humanitarian flotilla to Gaza in 2010, the Center for Constitutional...
December 20, 2014, New York – In response to the repatriation announced today of four Afghan prisoners, including Shawali Khan, whose case the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has long...
A few months ago, we told you about a troubling under-the-radar ruling in Munoz Santos v. Thomas , a case challenging the extradition of Jose Munoz Santos, a Mexican national, based on the testimony...
