Invoking the fundamental principle of the right to an independent and impartial judiciary, Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón has received strong support from ten international organizations of...
This is a temporary, short-term position providing coverage for a staff member going on leave. The position will be for 15 hours a week for 3 months. The time period, August 9 to October 29, 2021,...
Updated: July 13, 2021
November 17, 2025, Washington, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to review a Ninth Circuit decision that declared unlawful the U.S. government’s prior...
March 5, 2021, New York – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights urged a federal court to deny the Biden administration’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit over alleged torture under...
December 30, 2011, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Yemeni Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms (HOOD) issued the following statement strongly...
Brooklyn, NY, May 6, 2008 - Today, The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the International Support Haiti Network (ISHN) joined members of the New York City Council and representatives of...
Ghaleb Nasser Al-Bihani is a Yemeni citizen who was born in 1979 in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. In early 2002, Ghaleb was transferred to Guantánamo, where he was detained without charge for fifteen years...
Updated: February 17, 2017
June 18, 2013, Geneva – Tomorrow, representatives from SNAP , the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, and human rights NGO the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) will meet with...
As its on-going celebration of the updated sixth edition of the Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook , Center for Constitutional Rights Co-author and Senior Legal Worker Ian Head speaks with a number of...
Updated: August 25, 2021
February 2, 2016On February 2, 2012, after NYPD officers unlawfully entered into his home without a warrant, probable cause, or any other legal justification, NYPD officer Richard Haste shot and killed 18-year-old...
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