August 26, 2019Breaking: Trial date pending in Al Shimari case [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Friday, in our long running case on behalf of three Iraqi Abu Ghraib torture survivors, Al Shimari, et al. v...
March 13, 2009, Washington, D.C. – Four British former detainees alleging torture and religious abuse at Guantanamo filed their brief today in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Department of...
July 12, 2010, New York, NY – Attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) will be available today for comment on stops-and-frisks and other New York Police Department (NYPD)...
Join the Federal Anti-Solitary Taskforce on Tuesday , November 14, 2023 , for a national day of action, including a virtual rally at 2 p.m. EST with U.S. Representative Cori Bush and other...
Updated: November 13, 2023
December 8, 2017Last night, CCR was proud to count our staff and partners among the incredible people and groups inducted into the inaugural Gender Legacy Wall—including the late Rhonda Copelon , former CCR vice...
Victims Seek Accountability from Court of Last Resort December 6, 2019, The Hague/New York – During a three-day hearing this week, attorneys representing victims of the U.S. torture program argued...
September 2, 2021For the last twenty years, the Center for Constitutional Rights has stood alongside our courageous clients and their supporting communities, activists, storytellers, and a broad cadre of other...
Three Iraqi torture survivors will finally have their day in court. After over 11 years of litigation, our clients go to trial against CACI Premier Technology, a private U.S. military contractor that...
Updated: March 29, 2019
WASHINGTON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- A group of injured civilians and families of Iraqis killed in two unprovoked shootings in Baghdad by Blackwater “shooters” sued the company and founder Erik...
August 20, 2014, Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel Joseph Margulies filed a motion asking the Court of Military Commission Review to vacate...
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