June 12, 2015The Obama administration is under growing pressure to change its policies governing the detention of thousands of migrants who came to the United States illegally. Maybe it is a coincidence, but...
January 10, 2014, New York - Yesterday, Shurat HaDin, an Israeli legal organization, threatened to sue the American Studies Association (ASA) for its December, 2013 endorsement of a resolution to...
January 21, 2014: The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Palestine Solidarity Legal Support (PSLS) today responded on behalf of the American Studies Association (ASA) to a “cease and...
Updated: January 21, 2014
Guled Hassan Duran is a Somali citizen who was captured in Djibouti and rendered to the CIA in March 2004, and who has been detained without charge at Guantánamo since September 2006.
Updated: May 5, 2026
The Bertha Justice Fellowship is a two year program for emerging lawyers (0-2 years out of law school) who are interested in gaining both practical experience working on CCR cases and a theoretical...
Updated: July 7, 2021
Advocates Support NY AG’s Motion to Reinstate Preliminary Injunction, Submitting Declarations Conveying the Devastating Impact of Rule on Immigrant Communities During Unprecedented Public Health...
Order Calls for Pilot Program to Study Effectiveness of Documenting All Encounters July 19, 2018, New York — Today, a federal court ordered the NYPD to begin recording all police-citizen...
A federal class action lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement as cruel and unusual punishment.
Updated: November 15, 2024
Aliya Hana Hussain is the Associate Director of Advocacy at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She leads the Advocacy department in implementing strategies for increased alignment, collaboration,...
June 11, 2015A watchdog report released Thursday alleges that federal immigration officials face considerable pressure to maintain "lockup quotas" that are worked into deals with private contractors at certain...
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