February 12, 2009, New York and Washington, DC— Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit confirm Department of Defense involvement in the CIA’s ghost detention program,...
J. Wells Dixon is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where he specializes in challenging unlawful detentions at the Guantánamo prison. Wells represents clients in...
Since the Guantánamo Bay prison opened in 2002, the Center for Constitutional Rights has represented dozens of current and former prisoners. We have led the legal fight to preserve essential...
Filing Follows COVID-19 Outbreaks and Similar Demands for Release Nationwide April 29, 2020, Birmingham, AL – Late yesterday, Adelante Alabama Worker Center, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and...
CCR will co-sponsor a film screening on Thursday, January 9th as a part of the Close Guantánamo Tour this January. Please also click here for additional events happening nationwide through...
...Katherine Gallagher, a senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, said the U.S. has a clear and binding obligation to prevent genocide under Article 1 of the Genocide Convention,...
... The groups, including the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Drop LWOP Coalition and the Abolitionist Law Center, are urging the UN to call for the abolition of all death by incarceration...
September 22, Richmond, VA – Last night, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) appealed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against private military contractor CACI Premier Technology, Inc. (CACI)...
U.S. federal judge dismisses lawsuit filed by Jewish National Fund against Palestinian rights nonprofit A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and others against...
New York, NY, January 31, 2008 – Today, in federal court in Manhattan, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is filing a companion case to its ground breaking racial profiling case, Daniels et...
