Montreal supporters of an an Algerian national who has been detained at Guantanamo Bay for nearly seven years without being charged are calling on Canada to take him in...
Syed "Farhad" Hashmi pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to provide material support to al Qaeda, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced.
May 14, 2018, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: Israel’s state violence against Palestinians must end. Today Israel continued its campaign of...
"Civil rights advocates on Tuesday accused New York City authorities of continuing to support discriminatory surveillance of Muslim communities by police. ..." Read the full piece here .
On April 28, 2020, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined a coalition letter addressed to International Criminal Court (ICC) States Parties calling for them to demonstrate support for the ICC in...
In the past 50 years, CCR has cemented its reputation as a legal pioneer, and our work has been consistently ahead of the curve in the field, both in recognizing a problem and in suggesting novel or...
The Center for Constitutional Rights has signed on to support a lawsuit in Vermont over a 3-year travel restriction for Cubans to visit Cuba. You can access the article here .
May 1, 2013, New York – Today, special rapporteurs from the United Nations and the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a joint...
The Center for Constitutional Rights mourns the passing of Peter Weiss, the visionary human rights lawyer, our beloved mentor and friend, and our long-time vice president, who served on our board for...
