December 20, 2011, New York – Last night, attorneys for Iraqi torture victims abused in the infamous Abu Ghraib prison and other detention centers in Iraq challenged two private military...
September 5, 2012, Chicago – The only United States citizen residing in the U.S. designated as a “terrorist” by the Department of Treasury filed suit today in federal court to...
April 15, 2013, New York – Today, as a federal judge in Washington heard arguments related to the court’s ability to intervene in the growing hunger strike at Guantanamo and, among other...
April 2, 2014 - We, the undersigned human rights and civil liberties groups, welcome the introduction of The Targeted Lethal Force Transparency Act and commend Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) and...
Former US Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. was reportedly punished with solitary confinement for giving legal advice to his fellow inmates, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. An anonymous source...
Introduction | About the Authors | Table of Contents | How to Order the Book | Find Documents | Updates INTRODUCTION This in an excerpt from the Introduction of International Human Rights Litigation...
Earlier this month, the Center for Constitutional Rights, along with other nationally prominent human rights groups, including the ACLU, Human Rights First, and Human Rights Watch, filed an amicus...
Back in June, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals handed a stinging rebuke to the federal government and a significant victory to CCR and our clients in Turkmen v. Ashcroft , a case we brought over...
Medical Experts: Ba Odah “On the Precipice of Death” October 15, 2015, Washington, D.C. – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a court to release a 74-pound...
Revolving Door: Former Head of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Office, Now High-Level Official at Major Detention Contractor, Asks Court to Support Secrecy December 23, 2015, New York – In a Freedom of...
