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...
May 10, 2010, New York – In response to President Barack Obama’s nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court, Center for Constitutional Rights Executive...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Palestine Solidarity Legal Support (PSLS) are pleased to announce the publication of a Know Your Rights booklet for Palestinian rights activists, Legal...
Updated: September 9, 2013
May 14, 2018, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: Israel’s state violence against Palestinians must end. Today Israel continued its campaign of...
Join the National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF) for a screening of The Holy Land Five. This documentary, produced by Al-Jazeera, examines their case in scrupulous detail to reveal how...
Updated: December 21, 2016
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
February 5, 2016In a major legal victory for international human rights law, the UN acknowledged the risk of extradition to the United States faced by journalist Julian Assange. This decision marks a significant...
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,"...
October 22, 2023..."As we're watching a genocide unfold in Palestine with what looks like full complicity of the United States, we're also witnessing a parallel assault on those rising up to protest this genocide...
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...
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