It’s now been nine months since the first news stories were published about a cancer cluster, possibly linked to the presence of environmental toxins, afflicting lawyers and other staff at the...
The Darkest Corner , authored by the Allard K. Lowenstein Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School in collaboration with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), documents a secretive form of...
Decision Reinstates Lawsuit Over Communications Management Units August 19, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Today, the D.C. Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP)...
New York, N.Y. January 16, 2009 – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard arguments in the human rights case, Matar v. Dichter. The lawsuit charges former Director of the Israel...
December 16, 2008, New York – In response to the safe return home from Guantanamo of three of the men who were at the center of this year’s Supreme Court case ruling in favor of the...
Muslim Ban to be decided this week [caption align="right"] [/caption] Oral arguments on the Muslim Ban (AKA the Travel Ban and Hawaii v. Trump), are slated for Wednesday. The Supreme Court reinstated...
Kathy Jennings urged to enforce law, move to revoke GHF’s charter; 1,400 Palestinians killed seeking aid since GHF began operating August 13, 2025, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights...
August 18, 2015, Guantánamo – Today, an attorney from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a Periodic Review Board (PRB) at Guantánamo to recommend that Mohammed Kamin be cleared for...
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...
