February 2008Discussion about the difficulties in defending detainees accused of terrorism in military tribunals when much of the information is classified and cannot be shared with those accused. Also highlights...
CCR and the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice invite you to join CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren for the 2014 Robert D. and Leslie-Kay Raven Lecture on Access to Justice lecture...
Updated: April 16, 2014
The Center for Constitutional Rights is hiring four Bertha Justice Fellows, for 9/2020-9/2022. The Bertha Justice Fellowship at the Center for Constitutional Rights is a two-year program for emerging...
Updated: February 13, 2020
June 2007Libyan Guantanamo detainee cleared for release or transfer, fears he will be tortured if U.S. officials transfer him to Libya.
October 5, 2009, New York – Last night, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed papers with the D.C. District Court challenging the government’s claim that no federal court has...
#Law4BlackLives is a national gathering of lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers who are committed to building a world where #BlackLivesMatter. More than a meeting or a...
Updated: July 6, 2015
For the first time on Tuesday, October 7, 2008, a federal court will consider the potential parole of 17 innocent Uighur men who were falsely detained at Guantánamo Bay for over six long years. The...
Updated: October 3, 2008
CCR has joined the Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) , a national leader on HIV policy development, along with 21 national and state organizations, in an amicus brief on behalf of Michael Johnson...
Updated: August 1, 2016
Plaintiffs charged Nikola Vuckovic with war crimes; crimes against humanity; and torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA) and the Alien Tort...
Updated: September 27, 2012
February 2011Security worries on the ground in Switzerland, not fear of a torture complaint over waterboarding, led organizers to cancel former President George W. Bush's speech at a gala this week in a luxurious...
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