January 10, 2022 – Today, on the eve of 20th anniversary of the arrival of the first men detained in the so-called war on terror in the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Center for...
October 28, 2022, Washington, D.C. – The Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Justice and International Law - CEJIL addressed the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)...
June 23, 2017To mark the 23rd of the month, invoking the 23 hours per day that prisoners spend isolated in special housing units, activists throughout California are taking action to bring attention to prison...
March 23, 2017On November 8, 2013, I was finally released from Pelican Bay State Prison Security Housing Unit (SHU). Pelican Bay prison is in the city of Crescent City, California. My name is Art N. Ramirez. At...
December 10, 2007 - On Monday, December 10, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in a Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) case that struck down portions of the 1996 Antiterrorism and...
"Holding U.S. Government Officials and Corporations Accountable for Torture and Human Rights Abuses Committed Abroad" Wednesday, October 28 Rutgers School of Law Baker Trial Court Room 6:30...
Updated: October 26, 2009
CCR Attorney Shane Kadidal will participate in a panel briefing about the Humanitarian Law Project case at the Supreme Court. The event will take place on Feb. 17 at the National Press Club in...
Updated: January 28, 2010
February 2008Article discussing the pending case against six Guantanamo detainees, including CCR client Mohammed Al Qahtani, being charge for their alleged involvement in the 9-11 attacks. It highlights the issue...
April 2008Article discussing of Ahmed Ghalaini's indictment charges as allegedly helping to plan the US embassy bombing in Tanzania during 1998, and the details and problems of using military tribunals to hear...
June 2008Supreme Court ruling in the Center for Constitutional Rights' case upholds detainee rights and eliminates the main reason for putting foreign prisoners in the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...
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