December 10, 2010, New York – Yesterday, Judge Shira A. Scheindlin ruled in favor of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic of...
More than a year ago the Supreme Court ruled in the Center for Constitutional Rights case Rasul v. Bush that the Guantanamo detainees have a right to file habeas corpus petitions in U.S. courts...
See attachments at the bottom of this page for a brief overview of Guantánamo today, and to read the documents indexed below. Index of Exhibits Ex. Description Date A Authorization for Use of...
Updated: February 5, 2013
January 2012On the tenth anniversary of Guantanamo bay detention center, CCR Executive Director, Vince Warren, discusses a decade of injustice and disgrace, emphasizing the importance of closing the detention...
December 17, 2010, Washington, DC– Attorneys are no longer required to seek permission from the government to provide uncompensated representation to individuals the government has placed on a...
February 2009Isolation and harsh conditions at Guantanamo Bay have driven a Syrian prisoner to attempt suicide, repeatedly bang his head against the wall and show other signs of "mental deterioration,"...
The Perceived Tension Between Liberty and Security Don't know what the writ of habeas corpus is? Habeas corpus prevents the indefinite detainment of a prisoner without being charged or brought before...
Updated: May 21, 2008
This article was originally posted on Huffington Post on January 6, 2011 05:00 PM It is disappointing to see the same president who ran on his constitutional law professor bona fides devote so much...
Updated: January 7, 2011
January 2014Evangelical advocates, having failed here, are finding friendlier audiences all over the world. Long before President Obama selected three gay athletes to lead the American delegation to the Sochi...
Reproductive rights are under attack across the country, leaving hundreds of thousands of people vulnerable. This Women's History Month , join The Feminist Front for a critical conversation...
Updated: March 15, 2022
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