The Center for Constitutional Rights works with communities under threat to fight for justice and liberation through litigation, advocacy, and strategic communications. Since 1966, we have taken on...
Updated: April 30, 2019
Join us for CCR First Wednesday on October 7th. We will discuss our new report with Palestine Legal on the suppression of Palestine activism in the U.S. We are excited for a special appearance by CCR...
Updated: October 1, 2015
Join us for CCR First Wednesday on November 4th. We will discuss how our clients, held in solitary for decades, reached a landmark settlement in Ashker v. Governor of California that will end...
Updated: November 5, 2015
January 5, 2011, New York and Phoenix – Attorneys representing lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) were in court late yesterday seeking...
Eight amicus briefs support the Palestinian plaintiffs, arguing for reversal of the district court’s opinion
Rachel Meeropol , will deliver the lunchtime keynote, "Litigation in Support of Struggle: From Standing Rock to Solitary Confinement," at the 2019 ClassCrits conference on November 15th at...
Updated: November 12, 2019
Coalition marks 15 th anniversary of first detainees imprisoned at Guantánamo with rally at Supreme Court and march to Senate confirmation hearings WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 11, a broad coalition...
December 8, 2017Last night, CCR was proud to count our staff and partners among the incredible people and groups inducted into the inaugural Gender Legacy Wall—including the late Rhonda Copelon , former CCR vice...
August 25, 2015President Barack Obama’s administration would rather subject a gravely ill Guantanamo Bay prisoner to continuous abusive force-feedings, which amount to torture, than support his release from the...
July 8, 2017The Trump administration appears to be making its first moves toward fulfilling a campaign promise to fill the Guantanamo Bay prison camp with “bad dudes.” Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy...
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