November 28, 2023In interviews and articles, our staff provide analysis
Anser Mehmood is a plaintiff in Ziglar v. Abbasi (formerly Turkmen v. Ashcroft), a lawsuit filed in 2002 on behalf of a class of Muslim, South Asian, and Arab non-citizens swept up in connection with...
Updated: September 8, 2021
5pm Join CCR Staff Attorney and Managing Attorney of the Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative, Shane Kadidal for a discussion of Guantanamo litigation and the path forward to restoration of the...
Updated: March 6, 2009
Demands Independent U.N. Investigation June 6, 2019, New York – Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a complaint with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of...
August 15, 2019...Maria LaHood, deputy legal director at The Centre for Constitutional Rights, which represented the students, said: “the students’ support for Palestinian rights and their demand to freely express...
CCR urges the New York State Court of Appeals to hear a case filed by the Nonhuman Right Project, seeking the release of a captive chimpanzee under New York habeas corpus law.
Updated: April 9, 2018
Click on the link below to watch CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren, CCR President Michael Ratner, and others speak at an event held at the Culture Project in New York City on November 27, 2007...
Rooted in racism, decades-long crisis caused by chronic neglect harms tens of thousands in predominantly Black city August 10, 2023, Jackson, MS – Yesterday, grassroots organizations representing...
Maria Lahood is a visiting assistant clinical professor at Northwestern law school's McArthur Justice Center and senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights. Maria specializes in...
Updated: November 16, 2007
August 2008The Center for Constitutional Rights has filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to investigate the torture that Djamel Ameziane experianced while in US custody. You can...
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