September 10, 2021In the weeks and months following 9/11, Arab and Muslim men across the country found themselves swept up in investigations into the terror attacks, often simply for minor immigration violations...
September 10, 2021In the weeks and months following 9/11, Arab and Muslim men across the country found themselves swept up in investigations into the terror attacks, often simply for minor immigration violations...
Elizabeth Geertsema is the Capital Campaign Manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She has a passion for philanthropy, human rights, and social justice and brings a decade of experience and...
Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney Diala Shamas will join organizers, educators, and other movement lawyers on Wednesday, March 5 , from 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST , for a discussion...
Updated: February 21, 2025
November 14, 2007, New York, NY – Last night, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) attorneys and co-counsel submitted the final brief to the Supreme Court in the case that will determine whether...
April 29, 2019Abu Ghraib: Recognizing 15 years since the release of images of Iraqi torture victims April 28 marks fifteen years since media outlets published scores of graphic images depicting egregious human...
March 28, 2023They Seek a Moratorium on Hazardous Petrochemical Plants
Nearly 20 years after torture scandal broke, Iraqis continue fight for justice; 15-year quest for day in court one step closer to trial August 1, 2023, Alexandria, VA – A federal judge has rejected...
On October 25, 2006, Emmanuel "Toto" Constant--the former leader of Haiti's notorious death squad known as FRAPH--was ordered to pay $15 million in punitive and $4 million in compensatory...
October 20, 2016, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law (“Case Western Reserve”)...
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