Join us for a critical discussion on solitary confinement at Pelican Bay . Presented by the CCR, our panel will examine the use of solitary confinement in the U.S. criminal justice system, looking...
Updated: June 13, 2012
Center for Constitutional Rights Applauds Decision February 25, 2016, New York – A U.S. court of appeals today has vacated the immigration fraud conviction of Palestinian-American activist Rasmea...
July 22, 2008, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) today welcomed the arrest of notorious war criminal and Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić. CCR and co-counsel brought a federal...
An oversight hearing about solitary confinement in California is scheduled for Monday, February 25, 2013. The hearing will be chaired by Tom Ammiano, chair of the Public Safety Committee. In May 2012...
Updated: February 21, 2013
January 6, 2011, Miami, FL and Washington, D.C. – Today six civil and human rights groups filed an emergency petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), to halt the...
CCR and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) will appear before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) during its 164th session for a merits hearing in our case,...
Updated: August 31, 2017
May 2012The prolonged use of solitary confinement at a high-security prison in California "strips prisoners of their basic humanity" and amounts to illegal torture, a human rights group charged in a federal...
September 2, 2015Thousands of prisoners will be moved out of solitary confinement in California, thanks to a landmark legal settlement announced this week. Grass-roots organizing can be tough, but when done by...
September 2, 2015Thousands of prisoners will be moved out of solitary confinement in California, thanks to a landmark legal settlement announced this week. Grass-roots organizing can be tough, but when done by...
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