Days before the New Year, the Bush Administration worked through Congress to strip federal courts of jurisdiction over the fate of the detainees at Guantánamo despite a June 2004 Supreme Court ruling...
Washington, D.C. – Following Judge Richard J. Leon’s decision today in U.S. District Court ordering the release of five of the six Boumediene habeas defendants, Center for Constitutional...
Friday, January 11, 2008 marks six years since the arrival of the first detainees at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Today, the detention camp remains a monumental symbol of torture,...
Updated: January 10, 2008
No More Deportations. Police Should Not Be Immigration Agents. Governor Paterson Must Stop ICE’s “Secure Communities” in NY Now! Please join us on Thursday, December 9 th for a...
Updated: December 6, 2010
WHAT : Accountability Today – Preventing Torture Tomorrow A panel discussion featuring the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, legal experts, and special video testimonials from victims of the U...
Updated: May 31, 2011
Join us on the 11th anniversary of Guantánamo prison to call on President Obama to fullfill his broken promise to shut it down, and for all branches of the U.S. government to uphold human...
Updated: January 7, 2013
CCR is proud to endorse an event by the Committee for Open Discussion of Zionism in coordination with the National Lawyers Guild to discuss the meaning of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and...
Updated: August 29, 2013
February 14, 2013 - Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry calling on the United States...
Updated: February 14, 2013
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations-USA (CAIR-USA) sent members of the House of Representatives Committee on...
Updated: February 12, 2014
June 2013This week presents a pivotal moment for the New York City Council to do their share in the citywide movement to end the massive violation of rights resulting from the abuse of policing practices like...
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