September 30, 2009, New York, NY – Today, the Supreme Court announced that it will hear an appeal from lower court rulings stating that key provisions of the federal “material support...
February 11, 2019..."The US government has a legal obligation and a moral responsibility to follow up on men who are transferred out of long-term military custody, and to ensure that they aren't tortured or killed,"...
September 6, 2013, New York – Today, in Floyd v. City of New York , a federal class action lawsuit that successfully challenged the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) stop-and-frisk...
Racial Justice Has No Borders is a new, broad anti-war coalition that seeks to recenter the conversation about U.S. wars and militarization on the needs and leadership of those most impacted. This...
Updated: April 8, 2020
October 29, 2021, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba ‒ The military commission sentencing hearing of a man tortured and imprisoned by the U.S. for eighteen years concluded today, paving the way for his transfer...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is pleased to announce a monthly newsletter: the Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative News Briefing. The newsletter, which will be published monthly in English,...
Updated: January 11, 2010
March 27, 2013, New York – Today, Center for Constitutional Rights attorneys and co-counsel responded to notice that the City of New York intends to introduce into evidence a March 5, 2013 NYPD...
March 19, 2021, New York – On the 18th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: Eighteen years after the United States invaded...
Tuesday, December 4, 2007: National Demonstrations for Justice at Guantanamo On December 5th, the Supreme Court will hear arguments for the cases of Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. U.S. , brought...
Updated: November 29, 2007
January 2009With the signing of yesterday's executive orders to close Guantanamo and end torture, we are finally seeing the beginning of a reversal of some of the nastiest inhuman practices of the Bush...
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