As we mark twenty years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the Center for Constitutional Rights renews our call for reparations for those harmed as a result of the U.S.’s unlawful act of...
...Extended solitary confinement can and does lead to prolonged and sometimes permanent negative socio-psychological and physical effects. In a recent study on the mental health consequences of...
Military Lawyer Who Led Effort Against Unlawful Interrogation at Guantánamo Among Amicus Parties September 29, Richmond, VA – Last evening, six amicus briefs were filed with the Fourth Circuit Court...
*Updated March 2017* Download this factsheet as a PDF. What is Solitary Confinement? Today, tens of thousands of individuals across the country are detained in near-total solitude for between 22 and...
Legal updates in our family separation lawsuit against ICE In 2018, we filed an emergency case to reunite a father whose then 19-month-old son was forcibly taken from him at the Southern border where...
CCR has a strong practice of engaging with international human rights bodies to bring attention to our issues and uplift the experiences of those most impacted by the U.S. government’s failures to...
New York, NY – On May 6, 2010, Rhonda Copelon, a CUNY School of Law professor and human rights attorney with and Vice-President of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) who broke new...
