In March 2003, Center for Constitutional Rights client Majid Khan was captured, forcibly disappeared, and tortured by U.S. officials at overseas "black sites" operated by the CIA. He was brought to...
Updated: October 27, 2021
This Important Decision Comes After ICE Sent Mr. Khalil to a Detention Facility in Louisiana, Almost 1500 Miles Away From His Family April 1, 2025, Newark, N.J. – The U.S. District Court for the...
July 26, 2023..."The United States has a moral and legal obligation to ensure that its military funding is not used to support actions that violate international humanitarian or human rights law," said the letter...
April 2, 2021... “The thing is, Border Patrol has long implemented punitive policies to deter migration,” Angelo Guisado , staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights told Law&Crime. “In 1994 they...
December 4, 2017This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
NEW YORK, December 1, 2009 - Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $19 million judgment against Emmanuel “Toto” Constant, the former leader of Haiti’s notorious death...
July 1, 2024, New York – In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling today that presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for acts taken as part of their “core constitutional duties...
February 2012Vince Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, discusses how the Alien Tort Statute often provides the only way for a victim of human rights abuses committed abroad to see...
Sylvester A. Johnson is Assistant Vice Provost for the Humanities and Executive Director of the “Tech for Humanity” initiative advancing human-centered approaches to technology at Virginia Tech. He...
December 22, 2011, New York, NY—Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), acting on behalf of leading human rights organizations and experts, submitted an amicus brief to the...
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