June 26, 2017, New York – In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to review Trump’s Muslim ban, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: While we are gratified that...
... In November 2017, Al Otro Lado filed a class-action lawsuit against then-Department of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly (since extended to Kirstjen Nielsen) and U.S. Customs and Border...
CCR Bertha Fellow Omar Shakir will moderate a panel at a day-long conference about Palestine that aims to address the substance of the right to return, its grounding in international law, and its...
"The process of dying is never easy or painless. Death by starvation is particularly grueling: the body cannibalizes fat and tissue, wasting to skin and bones, leading to dehydration,...
Introduction | About the Authors | Table of Contents | How to Order the Book | Find Documents | Updates ABOUT THE AUTHORS The five authors have decades of experience with human rights litigation and...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reports 2.2 million people are in our nation's jails and prisons and another 4.5 million people are on probation or parole in the U.S., totaling 6.8 million...
August 5, 2011, New York, NY —In reaction to a Resolution passed this week by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urging the United States to close the detention facility at...
Sunday marked the third anniversary of the landmark settlement agreement in Ashker v. California , the class action lawsuit that ended indefinite solitary confinement in California prisons. We have...
January 25, 2013 – In response to today’s ruling by the D.C. Circuit vacating the conviction of Guantánamo prisoner Ali al-Bahlul, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the...
Download the full Right to Reparations Factsheet The right of victims of armed conflict to receive reparation is well established under international law. A basic concept of our domestic and...
