Join CCR and pack the court on Thursday, May 1, 2014 for oral arguments in Turkmen v. Ashcroft , CCR’s class action civil rights lawsuit filed on behalf of Muslim, South Asian, and Arab non-...
Updated: April 17, 2014
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED From the leader of the “free world” to the leader of a worldwide faith, each person must be subject to the rule of law. Where national legal systems are...
Updated: November 23, 2011
May 17, 2018, New York, NY – In response to the Senate’s confirmation of Gina Haspel as CIA Director, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: The senators who voted...
The Human Rights Institute, FIAN International, the International Network for Economic, Social, & Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net), & Rights & Democracy Cordially invite you to… The...
Updated: November 16, 2010
Join CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy and co-counsel Jeena Shah for a discussion of our Al Shimari case and CCR’s history challenging corporate immunity and seeking justice for torture. Discussion...
Updated: March 31, 2015
November 6, 2015Since 2009, appropriations bills passed by the U.S. Congress have required the funding of 34,000 immigration detention beds per day. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and...
April 14, 2021, New York – In response to President Biden’s announcement that all U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following...
April 2014Awais Sajjad, a lawful permanent U.S. resident living in the New York area, learned he was on the no-fly list in September 2012 after he tried to board a flight to Pakistan at John F. Kennedy...
Yesterday, CCR Legal Director, Baher Azmy, issued a letter to the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement urging an end to the controversial Secure Communities...
February 14, 2014, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement in response to reports that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has decided to sign...
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