Since 1974, the Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook has supported people who are incarcerated, their families, and advocates in challenging mistreatment and abuse in prisons. The Center for Constitutional...
This week marks five years since the Israeli military raided a flotilla of civilian ships on international waters en route to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and challenge the Israeli blockade. Ten...
This 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...
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) unsuccessfully attempted to censor a Columbia University workshop on Citizenship and Nationality in Israel/Palestine that took place this weekend. The day-...
The nationwide movement to end solitary confinement is growing – even attracting the attention of a Supreme Court justice – and today it took a significant step forward. CCR and the State of...
April 12, 2016, New York – Today, civil rights, human rights, and community groups held a rally and vigil at One Police Plaza, demanding an end to the pervasive abuse of Ahmed Ferhani and other...
On Monday night, friends, family, colleagues, and clients gathered to remember CCR's late president emeritus Michael Ratner. Many of them touched on Michael's and CCR's guiding belief of success...
Attorneys: Obama must follow through promptly with release August 11, 2016, Arlington, VA – Today, a Periodic Review Board (PRB) made public its decision to clear Guantánamo detainee Sufyian Barhoumi...
In the past 50 years, CCR has cemented its reputation as a legal pioneer, and our work has been consistently ahead of the curve in the field, both in recognizing a problem and in suggesting novel or...
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...
