Oral argument will be heard in the U.S. Court of Appeals in the case of Al-Zahrani v. Rumsfeld tomorrow, October 6. Al-Zahrani is a civil action filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on...
July 28, 2015The Navy is investigating complaints about a heightened risk of cancer at part of the military facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.The reported uptick in cancer diagnoses is among people working on...
March 6, 2020..."Today, the International Criminal Court breathed new life into the mantra that 'no one is above the law' and restored some hope that justice can be available—and applied—to all," declared...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights at the oral argument in Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, RISE St. James v. St. James Parish, et al . This lawsuit challenging environmental...
Updated: September 27, 2024
July 21, 2011, New York, Jerusalem – Forty-five prominent Palestinians from Jerusalem and Israel, including Christian and Muslim religious figures, politicians, businesspeople and civil society...
June 2, 2015, New York – Today, unclassified information detailing the CIA’s torture of Guantánamo prisoner Majid Khan was made public for the first time by Reuters, including the fact that he was...
December 4, 2017This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
Court finds claim that UNRWA USA is liable for Oct 7 attacks baseless August 8, 2025, Wilmington, DE – A U.S. federal district court today dismissed a civil lawsuit that falsely claimed that a U.S...
J. Wells Dixon is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where he specializes in challenging unlawful detentions at the Guantánamo prison. Wells represents clients in...
Freedom of Information Act Requests to various U.S. government agencies regarding the 2009 military coup in Honduras.
Updated: April 15, 2019
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