January 9, 2012, Washington, D.C. – Today the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking public disclosure of video tapes of Mohammed al...
Trump admin ends TPS for 13th country in a row, puts thousands at risk of deportation to country devastated by war and famine March 26, 2026, New York – In a midnight filing, a group of Yemeni...
On November 27th, join the Center for Constitutional Rights for a viewing of American Son , a new Broadway play starring Kerry Washington and Steven Pasquale. Following the performance, a community...
Updated: October 30, 2018
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren will be participating in a series of panels hosted by Rutgers School of Law - Newark entitled "The Art of Protest #BlackLivesMatter: Community Lawyering and...
Updated: March 18, 2016
Argument for Saleh v. CACI Int’l Inc. and Saleh v. Titan Corp. – Washington, D.C. Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Argument begins at 9:30am in Court Room 11 E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse...
Updated: March 5, 2009
July 12, 2017A new border crossing called PedWest opened last year between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Ysidro, in San Diego, California. To cross from Mexico to the United States by foot you walk through a gate,...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) on Wednesday, January 24, from 6:45 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) / 12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m...
Updated: January 23, 2024
What will we say when other governments follow our example by providing immunity from prosecution to torturers? The Romans had an expression for it: "Nulla poena sine lege," no punishment...
Updated: July 19, 2011
April 17, 2013, New York – Today, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF) rejected claims in a lawsuit by the Center for Constitutional Rights challenging government secrecy around the...
The University of Dayton is hosting the biennial conference The Social Practice of Human Rights: Charting the Frontiers of Research and Advocacy on October 1-3, 2015. This three-day conference will...
Updated: September 9, 2015
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