What’s behind the federal quota driving mass incarceration of immigrants? - - *Please note this event will occur on the 2nd Wednesday of May. In June we will return to First Wednesdays* Join us for...
Updated: June 1, 2015
June 30, 2008, New York – Today, the majority in a federal Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against Center for Constitutional Rights client Maher Arar’s case against U.S. officials for their role in...
November 15, 2015J. Wells Dixon moved to New York from Hartford on Sept. 11, 2001, to start a job as an associate at Kramer Levin Frankel & Naftalis. At the time, he says, he could never have imagined that 14...
Justice and Accountability for Torture Please join Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney Katherine Gallagher and Temple Law Professor David Kairys for a discussion of justice and...
Updated: March 5, 2009
August 14, 2008, New York – The Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued an extremely rare order that the case of Canadian rendition victim Maher Arar would be heard en banc by all of the active judges...
CCR, on behalf of Canadian citizen Maher Arar, sues Attorney General John Ashcroft and other U.S. officials for sending him to be tortured in Syria. On January 22, 2004, CCR filed a constitutional...
September 8, 2015Thirteen years after he was tortured and held in a Syrian grave-like underground cell for nearly a year, Maher Arar has won a victory in his pursuit of accountability. Last week Canada formally...
Center for Constitutional Rights co-sponsors "Berkeley Says No to Torture Week" -October 10-16th For the full schedule of events, click here . Thursday, October 14 th , 2010- 7pm- Forum on...
Updated: October 13, 2010
This paper, released as part of our 100 Days white paper series, “Ending Arbitrary Detention, Torture and Extraordinary Rendition” presents a vision to President Obama that lays out the history of...
Updated: February 23, 2009
August 24, 2009, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the statement below in response to the rumored announcement of the appointment of a special prosecutor...
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