November 2009Maria LaHood, Maher Arar’s attorney and senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, speaks on Democracy Now about the federal court of appeals dismissal of Canadian citizen Maher...
February 2014Barack Obama declared at the start of his presidency that, when it comes to holding U.S. officials accountable for torture, we must "look forward not back." While he has failed to close...
Court of Appeals STATE OF NEW YORK IN RE NONHUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT, INC., ON BEHALF OF TOMMY, Petitioner-Appellant, against PATRICK C. LAVERY, individually and as an officer of Circle L Trailer Sales,...
Updated: April 9, 2018
Court of Appeals STATE OF NEW YORK IN RE NONHUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT, INC., ON BEHALF OF TOMMY, Petitioner-Appellant, against PATRICK C. LAVERY, individually and as an officer of Circle L Trailer Sales,...
Updated: April 9, 2018
COVID-19 Could Be “Death Sentence,” Attorneys Say April 14, 2020, New Orleans, Louisiana – Today, 16 medically vulnerable people currently held in six Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
Motion emphasizes that asylum seekers have been seriously injured, raped, and even killed after CBP officials turned them back at U.S. border September 8, 2020, San Diego – Asylum seekers who have...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is hiring Justice Fellow s for 9/2024-9/2026. The Justice Fellowship at the Center for Constitutional Rights is a two-year program for emerging lawyers (0-2 years...
Updated: November 27, 2023
August 29, 2013, New York – In response to the announcement today that the United States has transferred two men from the prison at Guantánamo Bay to Algeria, the Center for...
September 2009In the CCR's case over the denial of permits to G20 protest groups, a judge ruled to grant permits to 3 of the groups and to permit the use of a park for a tent-city demonstration.
July 2010The Humanitarian Law Project case demonstrates that even former President Jimmy Carter could be subject to criminal prosecution under the Patriot Act for his work in assisting the monitoring of fair...
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