CCR and other organizations calling for human rights and for the rule of law in Palestine and Israel today sent a letter to academic institutions urging them to reaffirm their commitment to free and...
Updated: February 7, 2014
April 1, 2016In recent days we’ve seen horrendous attacks in Belgium, Turkey and Pakistan targeting innocent people simply going about their daily lives. As we mourn the victims, these attacks are another tragic...
August 12, 2022...The Highlander Center has filed a petition opposing the National Register of Historic Places nomination on the grounds that "approval would undermine federal and state efforts to promote diversity...
Briggs v. Goodwin is a case in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) led a team of lawyers in successfully defending leaders of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, known as the “...
Updated: October 9, 2007
The South Asian Bar Association presents an evening with CCR staff attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez. She will give a lecture entitled "American-Style Torture: Guantanamo, Black Sites and American...
Updated: April 9, 2008
March 13, 2009, New York – In response to this afternoon’s government filing in multiple Guantánamo cases, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement...
May 15, 2024...In April, I sat in on the closing arguments of Al Shimari v. CACI , a federal lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights on behalf of three victims of torture at Abu Ghraib against...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has joined the Uncovering the Truth Campaign, a series of coordinated events and actions across the nation along with the filing of a federal lawsuit. The...
Updated: April 24, 2010
April 11, 2013, New York and Washington, D.C. – As the hunger strike of men detained at the U.S. prison at Guantánamo began its third month, activists organized emergency rallies in over...
May 14, 2012, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) responded to new NYPD data showing the highest rate of unlawful stop-and-frisk to date during the first quarter of...
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