Defense for Children International - Palestine v. Biden was filed in November by the Center for Constitutional Rights and co-counsel Van Der Hout LLP against the President, Secretary of State, and...
Updated: January 26, 2024
CCR is thrilled to announce that the U.S. oil company Unocal has agreed to compensate Burmese villagers who sued the firm for complicity in forced labor, rape and murder. The abuses were committed in...
August 3, 2015, New York – In response to the ruling by a federal judge today striking down Idaho’s “ag-gag” law, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: We applaud...
January 4, 2011, New York, NY — Issuing unprecedented recommendations to the Haitian government, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has granted a legal request submitted in...
Please join CCR's senior staff attorney, Katherine Gallagher , at San Diego State University for her keynote speech on the U.S. detention and interrogation program in response to 9/11. Katherine will...
Updated: March 1, 2018
In light of recent reports that the Obama Administration is considering easing restrictions on travel to Cuba, CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren issued an Open Letter today to President Obama ,...
Updated: September 13, 2010
August 6, 2018CCR granted Special Consultative Status to Economic and Social Council of the United Nations The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) was granted official special consultative status last week with...
April 14, 2016Top photo credit: Giau Truong Beauty does not typically come to mind when you think of Guantánamo, but it’s a central theme in artists Aaron Hughes and Amber Ginsburg ’s Tea Project , a collection of...
CCR's Rachel Meeropol , joined in conversation by Reem Jayyousi, daughter of a former CMU prisoner and member of National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF), will discuss the Communications...
Updated: June 5, 2017
Today Donald Trump is flying to Philadelphia, where congressional Republicans are on retreat. He’s going in an effort to win more support for his political agenda. Over the past five days, he has...
Updated: January 26, 2017
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