CCR’s representation of Guantánamo prisoner and victim of CIA torture Majid Khan.
Updated: February 2, 2023
Derek Lee to be resentenced as court throws out his life-without-parole punishment March 26, 2026, Pittsburgh – Today, in a landmark ruling, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found mandatory life...
Action seeking accountability for U.S. torture brought in France under the principle of universal jurisdiction.
Updated: January 29, 2021
July 2014By Alexis Agathocleous and Rachel Meeropol, senior attorneys at the Center for Constitutional Rights When Todd Ashker was transferred to the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at California's Pelican Bay...
September 13, 2021A federal judge declared unlawful the U.S. government’s turnbacks of asylum seekers arriving at ports of entry along the U.S. southern border.
Yesterday, the United Nations special rapporteur on racism issued a powerful statement : the United States makes it way too easy for people to receive death-by-incarceration prison sentences,...
September 2, 2019We're suing to keep immigrant families together [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Tuesday, community organizations filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration’s cruel, racist, and patently...
November 18, 2016Why would a Berlin-based European human rights organization celebrate CCR’s 50 years of work and dedicate an entire day of their conference to the legacy of Michael Ratner? Because for more than two...
October 26, 2020We're urging SCOTUS to hold U.S. corporatoins liable for international violations On Wednesday, we joined 15 international human rights organizations and submitted a brief to the United States...
August 6, 2008, Washington D.C. – Today, Djamel Ameziane filed the first ever petition by a person detained by the United States at Guantánamo Bay with the Inter-American Commission on...
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