By Katherine Gallagher, Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights One thing brings these four men together. Hassan bin Attash, Sami el-Hajj, Muhammed Khan Tumani and Murat Kurnaz...
Updated: February 22, 2013
November 11, 2014, Geneva – Today, Murat Kurnaz, tortured and detained by the U.S. for five years at Kandahar and then Guantanamo, addressed the U.S. government and the members of the Committee...
February 28, 2012, Washington D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case that will determine whether corporations can be sued in U.S. courts for their complicity in...
Leer en español اقرأ باللغة العربية February 02, 2023, Belize City, Belize – Today, more than 16 years after he was brought to Guantánamo Bay and almost a year after he completed a military...
February 21, 2012, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) requested that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) open an immediate criminal investigation into claims of...
April 20, 2020We're taking on ICE in Louisiana and Mississippi for overcrowded and unhealthy conditions in detention centers [caption align="right"] [/caption] “We are washing our hands with shampoo because that...
December 2014"Under U.S. law, torture is a crime that can lead to life in prison – so why hasn’t it? The Senate report documents comprehensive and detailed evidence of a criminal conspiracy of U.S. government...
Why Is New York Funding Israeli Settlements? Thursday, May 4, at 6 p.m. ET The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th Street The Center for Constitutional Rights is delighted to partner with...
Updated: April 20, 2023
The Center for Constitutional Rights seeks experienced second- or third-year law students or LLM students with a strong commitment to social justice to provide legal research and analysis as part of...
Updated: October 24, 2025
Join CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy and co-counsel Jeena Shah for a discussion of our Al Shimari case and CCR’s history challenging corporate immunity and seeking justice for torture. Discussion...
Updated: March 31, 2015
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