Please join us on President's Day for a special Freedom Flicks screening of the Academy Award-nominated film SPOTLIGHT , followed by a short program and Q&A with honored guest Phil...
Updated: February 8, 2016
The Abolitionist Law Center (ALC), Amistad Law Project (ALP), and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a lawsuit on behalf of individuals serving mandatory sentences of Death By Incarceration (...
Updated: October 25, 2021
On Friday, May 10, CCR has an important oral argument in our case against private military contractor CACI for torture at Abu Ghraib. CACI seeks dismissal of Plaintiffs’ Alien Tort Statute (...
Updated: May 7, 2013
November 6, 2017This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
July 9, 2018CCR Heads to Court in Guantánamo Mass Legal Challenge, Arguing Court Should End the Perpetual Detention of "Forever Prisoners" [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Wednesday, CCR will challenge...
Updated: December 18, 2010
Position Summary : The Advocacy Associate provides administrative support for the Center for Constitutional Rights’ Advocacy department, and assists with research and writing on advocacy priorities...
Updated: December 6, 2019
Noor Zafar is a Bertha Justice Fellow in the Guantanamo docket at the Center for Constitutional Rights. Noor earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she served as co-president of the Muslim...
Prisoners in Pelican Bay State Prison’s Security Housing Unit (SHU) are isolated for at least 22 ½ hours a day in cramped, concrete, windowless cells. They are denied telephone calls,...
Updated: August 15, 2024
September 13, 2023Like Cop City itself, the indictment is born of backlash, white supremacy’s response to Black-led protests
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