July 13, 2017In August 2016, Dinora Doe and her now-18-year old daughter arrived at the Otay Mesa border crossing in San Diego fleeing death threats, kidnapping, and rape committed by MS-13, a gang that has...
September 15, 2009, New Orleans, LA – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted an amicus brief to the Louisiana Supreme Court in support of Bruce Wallace, a petitioner who alleges...
I. Reporting Organizations The below submission is presented by five organizations across the United States (“U.S.”): Asian Americans Advancing Justice- Asian Law Caucus, [i] Center for...
Updated: January 15, 2019
On February 5th, the International Criminal Court (ICC) decided that the court's territorial jurisdiction in the Situation in Palestine extends to the territories occupied by Israel since 1967,...
Updated: March 10, 2021
Continuing Xenophobic Attacks on Vulnerable Migrants Is Clearly Unlawful November 8, 2018, New York – Today, in response to the new Trump administration rule that would preemptively deny asylum to...
May 8, 2019On April 16, 2019, a video surfaced depicting a group of armed white males detaining at gunpoint a large group of purported migrants. Operating in the pitch black of night somewhere in New Mexico,...
June 12, 2015, New York – Today, attorneys for four American Muslim men with no criminal records who were placed or kept on the No-Fly List by the FBI in retaliation for their refusal to become...
Get the Facts: Suit Seeks Accountability for Killings of Three Americans in U.S. Drone Strikes Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta What are “targeted killings” and when are they illegal? Since 2001, and...
Updated: July 17, 2013
June 30, 2010, Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Agriculture Committee voted on House Resolution 4645, legislation that would lift the travel ban to Cuba. The United States has maintained...
February 26, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s dismissal of a case challenging the...
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