June 28, 2017“If you’re in this country illegally and you committed a crime by being in this country, you should be uncomfortable, you should look over your shoulder. You need to be worried. No population is off...
March 5, 2010, New York – In response to reports that the Obama administration may reverse course and recommend Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attack on...
Immigration Detainees Should Have Same Recourse as Convicted Prisoners, Attorneys Say March 15, 2018, New York – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal court...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) seeks experienced second or third-year law students or LLM students with a strong commitment to social justice to provide legal research and analysis as...
Updated: September 19, 2016
Trump's war of aggression would only exacerbate the struggles of Venezuelans. He must be stopped.
September 9, 2016Set to take place on the anniversary of the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York, the call for a national prison strike today, Friday, September 9, by those inside prison...
Click here for a printable version of the factsheet . The release of the photographs and video documenting horrific torture of Iraqi prisoners detained by the U.S. at Abu Ghraib drew demands for...
Updated: September 8, 2021
September 21, 2017As the nation marked the 230th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution this Monday, the speakers who gathered at Teachers College illuminated the challenges of American jurisprudence in our society’s...
January 27, 2011 - In recent remarks on U.S.-Latin American relations made at the Brookings Institute, Arturo Valenzuela, a State Department official with responsibility for the region, commented...
Updated: January 28, 2011
Since the first habeas corpus petition for detainees was filed on February 19, 2002, CCR has helped coordinate a movement of over 500 pro bono attorneys who have filed habeas petitions for more than...
Updated: January 11, 2010
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