September 2, 2015On Tuesday, 10 California inmates succeeded in stopping the decades-long use of indefinite solitary confinement in the state's prison system. In a landmark settlement to a class-action suit they...
March 29, 2017The U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Assembly and of Association had some strong words for the U.S. Congress during his testimony to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission last Tuesday. Speaking...
February 23, 2016Leading human rights groups have come out against President Obama’s plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, saying it would simply shift the problem of indefinite detention to U.S. soil...
March 19, 2013, New York – In light of General John F. Kelly’s testimony tomorrow before the House Armed Services Committee, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sent a letter to...
December 4, 2007, New York – The manual detailing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Guantánamo’s Camp Delta in 2004 was leaked and posted on Wikileaks . The Center for Constitutional Rights (...
April 23, 2008, New York and Washington, DC — The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) must stop stonewalling congressional oversight committees and release vital documents related to the program of...
CCR is proud to partner with the Arab American National Museum (AANM), ACCESS' Campaign to Take on Hate, and other groups on the 4th Annual 9/11 Town Hall in Dearborn. The event will examine how...
Updated: September 5, 2018
August 27, 2015A federal judge presiding over Steven Salaita's lawsuit has agreed to reinstate a claim that accuses the University of Illinois of destroying evidence about the decision to revoke Salaita's job. At a...
December 18, 2009, New York, NY – Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) case challenging the racial profiling, arbitrary detention and...
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