January 21, 2021...In July 2019, Espinal was fined $497,777 by ICE for not leaving the country, though the fine was later rescinded by the agency in October. She was fined again for $59,126 in 2020, according to the...
July 19, 2016... Efforts to prosecute within federal law mini-American Nurembergs have likewise been stymied. For years, attorneys from the ACLU, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), and other legal...
Handbook for Law Students Interested in Social Justice Includes writings like "The Letter I Wish I Had Read Before My First Year in Law School,""Transcending the Pedagogy of the Oppressor," and "...
Updated: June 29, 2015
June 29, 2016The so-called "guaranteed minimums" assure that a specific number of detainees will be held in captivity at all times at the for-profit ran institutions. "Guaranteed minimums, which appear mostly in...
January 8, 2018...For applicants in Yemen, which is experiencing a major cholera outbreak amid a violent conflict , the “hardship” is clear, said Ibraham Qatabi, a Yemeni American activist with the Center for...
Join the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (LCNP) for a free educational forum from 4-5:30 pm, featuring UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane, former UN Legal Counsel Hans...
Updated: March 7, 2014
November 9, 2015, New York – In reaction to the Egyptian military’s arrest and incommunicado detention of renowned human rights defender, Hossam Bahgat, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued...
As the Obama administration accelerates the transfer of men from Guantánamo, the closing of the infamous prison looks to be on the horizon. Join CCR Senior Staff Attorney J. Wells...
Updated: January 21, 2016
Center for Constitutional Rights Legal Director Baher Azmy will be arguing before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Al Shimari v. CACI , a federal lawsuit brought in 2008 on behalf of four Iraqi...
Updated: May 3, 2016
Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Managing Attorney Shayana Kadidal will be arguing before the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Ali v. Trump . Abdul Razak...
Updated: December 10, 2019
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