Mohammed Kamin is an Afghan who has been detained at Guantánamo since 2004. Kamin was detained in U.S. custody in Khowst, Afghanistan in 2003 when his son, now 13 years old, was just a small boy. He...
Updated: September 8, 2016
This event will address the global crackdown on civil society space and the resulting challenges in protecting fundamental rights and freedoms. Featuring CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy in conversation...
Updated: February 15, 2018
Come hear two of Palestine’s leading human rights defenders discuss conditions on the ground, the status of human rights violations, and the future facing Palestinians. IPS’s Middle East expert...
Updated: April 6, 2016
September 11, 2015Stanley Nelson’s latest film, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution , is an important lesson. Not strictly a history lesson, charting the dramatic rise and fall of one of the most vibrant...
Today's Schedule of Panels Surviving and Thriving in a Social Justice-Centered Private Practice - Friday, April 5, 9:30 - 11:00 am Hear from local attorneys who are building and sustaining their own...
Updated: April 5, 2013
On episode 31 of "The Activist Files," Staff Attorney Angelo Guisado and Senior Legal Worker Ian Head discuss two forthcoming Center for Constitutional Rights publications aimed at supporting...
Updated: October 28, 2020
March 10, 2011 New York – In response to yesterday’s reports of brutal force being used against peaceful protesters in Yemen, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the...
July 1, 2015On June 25 th , New Yorkers came together to learn about progressive Iraqi organizing on the ground and to celebrate the hope that such struggles are bringing to a place that is all too often...
November 8, 2017 – The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), Access Now, Center for Constitutional Rights, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), CORE,...
The Center for Constitutional Rights, a non-profit legal advocacy organization born out of the Civil Rights movement in 1966, has provided legal assistance to the people imprisoned in the Guantanamo...
Updated: March 5, 2009
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