The People’s Academy of International Law , sponsored by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers and co-sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Rights, seeks to help progressive...
Updated: October 26, 2023
September 25, 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...
Civil Rights Groups Argue Forced Separation Policy Constitutes Torture October 25, 2018, Washington, D.C. – A Salvadoran mother whose son was taken from her by U.S. immigration officials at the...
CCR, working with our international partners, has filed several cases against former U.S. officials, including George W. Bush and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, for their role in the...
Updated: September 8, 2021
June 19, 2012, Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted written testimony to the first-ever Congressional hearing on solitary confinement, “...
Groups argue “Death by Incarceration” is torture and violates ban on racial discrimination September 15, 2022, New York ‒ A national coalition of advocacy and legal groups today submitted a complaint...
November 6, 2013, Richmond, VA – Today, in a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel on behalf of four Iraqi men who were tortured at Abu Ghraib, six amici...
D.J.C.V. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") is a habeas corpus case on behalf of D.J.C.V., a two-year old child, and his father, Mr. C., who are asylum seekers from Honduras. They...
Updated: June 27, 2023
The Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School are pleased to host “Black October's Legacy: Fighting Impunity with the Aymara Community...
Updated: November 14, 2019
January 11, 2017, New York – In advance of the Senate confirmation hearing scheduled tomorrow for Retired General James Mattis to be Secretary of Defense, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)...
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