Since February 4, 2025, in now daily flights, the government has reportedly transferred dozens of immigrants from the United States to Guantánamo. While their photos have been publicized—with scared...
Updated: July 10, 2025
June 2014By ERICA GOODE More than 200 inmates at Pelican Bay, California’s toughest prison, have spent over a decade locked in windowless 8-foot-by-12-foot cells for 22 hours or more a day. Dozens more have...
The Associate Director of Policy (ADP) will identify, develop, oversee, and implement legislative and policy strategies to advance the Center for Constitutional Rights’ key priorities in challenging...
Updated: December 18, 2023
May 13, 2018...CHGRJ isn’t alone. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), another of the world’s leading human rights organizations, recently embraced a vegan/vegetarian policy as “a meaningful act of...
Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain is a lawsuit against Francisco Sosa for wrongly detaining Dr. Humberto Alvarez-Machain. Mr. Alvarez-Machain charged Sosa and his other captors with violating international...
Updated: October 9, 2007
On October 2, 2006, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) announced that it had filed the first new legal challenges to key provisions of the Military Commissions Act (MCA) passed by Congress...
On March 19, 2026, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) filed a complaint on behalf of seven plaintiffs representing a class of Yemeni...
Updated: May 1, 2026
A due process challenge to the Communications Management Units (CMUs), two highly restrictive federal prison units that segregate certain prisoners and severely limit and control their communication...
Updated: March 1, 2022
September 27, 2017The Trump administration’s latest iteration of the Muslim ban, announced on Sunday night, is yet another failed attempt to repackage a white supremacist policy that is unconstitutional and in...
FAQ: What to Know About the New York State Human Rights Law’s “Boycott” Provision New York human rights activists are increasingly advocating for boycotts to pressure Israel to comply with...
Updated: July 23, 2015
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