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
January 7, 2011, Madrid, Spain – Today, the U.S.-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) asked a Spanish Judge to...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights and our allies to mark the 18th anniversary of the opening of the Guantánamo Bay prison. We will rally together to demand the closure of the prison...
Updated: January 8, 2020
As we look back on the past 20 years since 9/11, certain issues come to the forefront – the toll of the war in Afghanistan; the torture of detainees in CIA custody; the worldwide drone program; the...
Updated: September 24, 2021
Join Free Migration Project at the third Open Borders Conference on Saturday, November 21st, which will include a keynote address featuring Center for Constitutional Rights Bertha Justice...
Updated: November 17, 2020
This petition follows a public records request to the Governor of Louisiana's Office for any records of meetings and/or communications between the Governor and his staff and agents of several...
Updated: September 14, 2018
December 14, 2017...In a statement released on Wednesday, the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represented plaintiffs in the litigation, acknowledged that the NYPD has made progress on developing new policies...
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