September 29, 2010 Washington and New York – Today, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia affirmed its decision to dismiss Al-Zahrani v. Rumsfeld , a civil lawsuit...
July 1, 2011, New York – Yesterday, the U.S. Justice Department announced that it will drop 99 out of 101 C.I.A. detainee torture cases that had been under preliminary review by Federal...
Please join CCR and our partners in the No Separate Justice (NSJ) campaign for our monthly vigil on December 7. The December vigil will focus on the case of the “Fort Dix Five”, one of the most...
Updated: December 2, 2015
April 17, 2013, Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a disappointing decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum (Shell) , holding that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) does not...
Washington D.C. & New York, September 30, 2015 – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) urged the Inter-American Commission on...
On Episode 32 of The Activist Files , Senior Managing Attorney Shayana Kadidal speaks with Ramzi Kassem about the case of American Muslims who were placed or kept on the No-Fly List in retaliation...
Updated: September 8, 2021
August 17, 2017CCR has a long history of challenging overbroad and warrantless government surveillance, something that has ballooned since 9/11. Last week, we filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to grant...
December 7, 2017...“In truth, the courts have in the war on terror addressed a number of cases affecting Muslims — like in the national security, Guantánamo [Bay detention camp] context — but to the extent they’ve...
April 24, 2020...“Due to the unprecedented nature of COVID-19, [ICE] is reviewing cases of individuals in detention who may be at higher risk for severe illness as a result of COVID-19. Utilizing CDC guidance...
The Supreme Court Decision Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative On June 12, 2008, the Supreme Court ruled in an historic decision in Boumediene v. Bush/Al Odah v. United States that the detainees at...
Updated: July 21, 2010
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