No Regard for Human Life D.C. Court Rules That U.S. Officials Can Torture and Murder “Enemy Combatants,” Cover It Up, and Get Away With It, Closing Door to Families of Men Who Died at...
Updated: October 6, 2010
Hunger strike and pre-existing conditions could lead to total body collapse, says medical expert about Sharqawi Al Hajj September 7, 2017, Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional...
What will we say when other governments follow our example by providing immunity from prosecution to torturers? The Romans had an expression for it: "Nulla poena sine lege," no punishment...
Updated: July 19, 2011
Derek Lee argues the sentence for felony murder is unconstitutionally disproportionate and cruel Oct 8, 2024, Pittsburgh – The application of the felony murder rule, which holds liable for murder a...
The climate under President Trump is no ordinary political context, and requires no ordinary activism. Here we gather some resources to help targeted communities protect themselves, and to help us...
Updated: October 14, 2020
FOIA lawsuit seeks records improperly withheld by U.S. government after it mistreated Black immigrants October 13, 2021, New York ‒ Civil rights organizations today filed a Freedom of Information Act...
The Center for Constitutional Rights has a strong practice of engaging with international human rights bodies to highlight the issues we work on and draw attention to the experiences of those most...
Updated: February 18, 2025
February 4, 2022, New York – Today the government made public that Mohammed al-Qahtani has been cleared for transfer from the prison at Guantánamo where he has been detained without fair process for...
February 23, 2010, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement in response to the introduction in Congress of the Stop Outsourcing Security...
Join CCR's Lauren Gazzola and others for an evening of social justice, animal rights, and vegan food! The newly formed National Lawyers Guild Animal Rights Committee will hold its first event in NYC...
Updated: September 17, 2013
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