December 11, 2015In an effort to quell public uproar after the release of a video showing the murder of Laquan McDonald, a Black teenager who was shot 16 times by a police officer in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel...
New York and Madrid, April 14, 2011 – Yesterday a Spanish judge chose to dismiss a politically charged case against six former Bush administration officials for their part in creating a legal...
Save the Date: September 30, 2009 Lunch discussion with Katherine Gallagher, CCR Staff Attorney and Laura Raymond, CCR International Human Rights Associate. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR...
Updated: September 23, 2009
Courts, Not Trump, Will Decide Fate of Prisoners, Attorneys Say January 30, New York – In response to Donald Trump’s statement in tonight’s State of the Union address that he is issuing an executive...
The South Asian Bar Association presents an evening with CCR staff attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez. She will give a lecture entitled "American-Style Torture: Guantanamo, Black Sites and American...
Updated: April 9, 2008
Spurred by the one-year anniversary of President Obama's pronouncement to close Guantanamo, and the fates of nearly 200 detainees still hanging in the balance, Culture Project brings Blueprint for...
Updated: March 31, 2010
June 11, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a response in district court to the government’s recent...
Djamel Ameziane (Photo by Debi Cornwall) A refugee from Algeria, Djamel Ameziane was detained in Guantánamo Bay from 2002 – 2013. Djamel was born into a large, close-knit Berber family that...
Updated: December 7, 2015
The Center for Constitutional Rights is excited to co-host this book launch and conversation with the Weinberg/Newton Gallery and Human Rights Watch on International Human Rights Day. The event is in...
Updated: December 5, 2022
On February 5th, the International Criminal Court (ICC) decided that the court's territorial jurisdiction in the Situation in Palestine extends to the territories occupied by Israel since 1967,...
Updated: March 10, 2021
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