November 1, 2017, New York – In response to Trump telling a press conference that the assailant in yesterday’s attack in New York City should be sent to Guantanamo, the Center for Constitutional...
Georgia prison officials refuse to protect Ashley Diamond despite repeated sexual assaults and sexual harassment February 23, 2022, Macon, GA– Ashley Diamond , a Black transgender woman held in a men...
A case brought by four former Guantanamo prisoners against former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld seeking damages for their arbitrary detention and torture.
Updated: July 11, 2011
Medical Experts: Ba Odah “On the Precipice of Death” October 15, 2015, Washington, D.C. – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a court to release a 74-pound...
Candidate Trump’s May 2016 statements urging the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank did not come out of nowhere: less than a month earlier, Trump had appointed his bankruptcy...
Updated: March 7, 2017
May 18, 2015, New York and Chicago – Today Palestine Solidarity Legal Support (Palestine Legal), in conjunction with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), released findings on the rising trend...
Lower court described Israel’s conduct as a “plausible”case of genocide after extraordinary testimony from Palestinian victims of Israel’s U.S.-supported crimes July 15, 2024, San Francisco, CA –...
Join Justice 48 on Sunday, September 29 , for the live webinar Building a Unified Legal Strategy – Palestine Lawfare , from 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST . Center for Constitutional Rights Staff...
Updated: September 25, 2024
January 24, 2017On January 18, CCR Senior Staff Attorney Rachel Meeropol argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in CCR’s case, Ziglar v. Abbasi (formerly Turkmen v. Ashcroft ) . Filed against Bush administration...
June 6, 2017A federal lawsuit against anti-gay Springfield pastor Scott Lively, charged him with "crimes against humanity" for his actions in Uganda in support of a controversial law criminalizing homesexuality...
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