November 13, 2007, Frankfurt, New York, Paris – Today an appeal was filed before the Frankfurt High Regional Court seeking review of the German Federal Prosecutor’s April 2007 decision not to proceed...
Please join CCR, Witness Against Torture (WAT), the Peace Poets , and allies for a book launch and performance on the eve of the 16th anniversary of the opening of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. There...
Updated: November 29, 2017
April 22, 2016Who will hold Israel accountable? The answer, so far, is no one. But on this rare trip to the U.S., I am seeing signs that suggest the dam is breaking. The cracks in the dam are coming from civil...
April 18, 2019The Center for Constitutional Rights, a New York-based group representing torture victims, denounced the decision as rewarding intimidation. “With its decision today, the International Criminal Court...
January 29, 2009, Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the International Human Rights Law Clinic at the Washington College of Law filed the final brief in a civil...
September 13, 2021A federal judge declared unlawful the U.S. government’s turnbacks of asylum seekers arriving at ports of entry along the U.S. southern border.
May 4, 2010, Washington, DC – Today Councilmembers Phil Mendelson, Jim Graham introduced the “Secure Communities Act of 2010” with the unanimous support of the Council. This is a...
August 7, 2009, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) responded today to a letter made public from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture to the American Psychological...
Join CCR staff attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez, et al., for a discussion about Guantanamo Bay and the Conscience of Asian American Studies. Talking points include: Defending Detainees: Why, How,...
Updated: March 20, 2008
March 7, 2022, New York – Mohammed al-Qahtani, held at Guantánamo since 2002, arrived in Saudi Arabia today, where he will receive psychiatric care for schizophrenia that was exacerbated by...
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