February 26, 2018The landmark, class action settlement in CCR’s case challenging long-term solitary confinement, Ashker v. Governor of California , brought widespread reform to the practice of solitary in California...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights and The Promise of Justice Initiative on Saturday, February 8 , from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. CST , at Antenna in New Orleans, for the launch of the exhibit ABOUT...
Updated: February 7, 2025
February 21, 2020...Overall, although the request for an investigation satisfied the ICC’s jurisdiction and admissibility requirements, “the current circumstances of the situation in Afghanistan are such as to make...
But Possibility to Prove Liability of Prison Administrators Remains June 19, 2017, Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a federal appeals court ruling that former high-level Bush...
New York and Madrid, April 13, 2011 – After a two-year delay punctuated by efforts to undermine the Spanish judiciary’s independence, the Obama administration recently told a Spanish...
December 17, 2009, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) asked a federal judge to amend her decision granting an injunction against Congress’ unconstitutional de-...
Attorney, author and Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) President Michael Ratner is the recipient of the 2007 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. One of the country's foremost defenders...
Updated: December 2, 2007
THE FUTURE OF HABEAS CORPUS AND EXECUTIVE POWER: Al Odah v. United States Pre-Argument Panel 6:00 – 8:00 PM Georgetown University Law Center 12th Floor, Gewirz Student Residence Hall 600 New Jersey...
Updated: November 30, 2007
Rule Change Remains Blocked, Protecting Millions of Low-Income Immigrant Families January 8, 2020, New York, NY – Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order denying the government’s...
June 28, 2017“If you’re in this country illegally and you committed a crime by being in this country, you should be uncomfortable, you should look over your shoulder. You need to be worried. No population is off...
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