June 30, 2014, Richmond, VA – Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that victims of torture and abuse in Abu Ghraib prison could pursue legal claims for their abuse against private...
Eight years ago this Monday, the Guantánamo Bay Detention Center opened its doors to a dark chapter in American history under the Bush administration - one marked by torture, inhuman...
Updated: January 7, 2010
Please join New York City Public Advocate Letitia James and other police accountability movement leaders at Cardozo Law School, on Monday, January 27, at 6:30 p.m. for a critical community event on...
Updated: January 24, 2014
On Thursday, March 12, 2015, CCR, along with Palestine Solidarity Legal Support, the ACLU of Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild sent a letter to the...
Updated: March 16, 2015
December 20, 2014, New York – In response to the repatriation announced today of four Afghan prisoners, including Shawali Khan, whose case the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has long...
June 6, 2015This week, the Center for Constitutional Rights had the honor of joining two dozen human rights organizations in support of Haitians seeking accountability from the United Nations for its role in...
December 2, 2016, New York – Today, New York State released Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Blacklist of institutions that participate in Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) in support of Palestinian...
January 18, 2018, New York – As a result of the legal challenge to Trump’s policy of discriminatory, indefinite detention filed last week by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel...
August 3, 2018, New York, NY – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) was granted official special consultative status last week with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC...
October 29, 2018Mom and four-yera-old son sue DHS to reunite after seven months of separation under Trump's border policy A Salvadoran mother whose son was taken from her by U.S. immigration officials at the...
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