December 2014"Under U.S. law, torture is a crime that can lead to life in prison – so why hasn’t it? The Senate report documents comprehensive and detailed evidence of a criminal conspiracy of U.S. government...
Gitmo Prisoner Who Attempted Suicide is Among Appellants October 1, 2019, The Hague/New York – Yesterday, victims of U.S. torture appealed a ruling by the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International...
July 5, 2021ICYMI! Pride Is Protest: Celebrating a Legacy of Black Queer & Trans Resistance, Resilience, and Rebellion Pride Month month, a month that centers the radical legacy of Black and Brown queer and...
February 12, 2015, Oakland – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal judge to expand a class action lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California...
Coalition Demands Obama Step Up Pace of Transfers and Review Boards, Take Charge of Insubordinate DOD, and Finally Close Prison Washington, DC – Today, a coalition of human rights activists, torture...
June 10, 2015Earlier this month, the Center for Constitutional Rights, along with other nationally prominent human rights groups, including the ACLU, Human Rights First, and Human Rights Watch, filed an amicus...
On April 28, 2020, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined a coalition letter addressed to International Criminal Court (ICC) States Parties calling for them to demonstrate support for the ICC in...
Updated: May 4, 2020
June 12, 2013, New York – Today, Center for Constitutional Rights attorneys and co-counsel issued the statement below responding to published accounts that the United States Department of...
Where is the world to save us from torture? Where is the world to save us from the fire and sadness? – Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif Twenty years after the opening of Guantánamo , Adnan's questions remain...
Updated: February 2, 2022
May 19, 2008, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) served a subpoena on the RAND Corporation as part of CCR’s racial profiling lawsuit against the New York City Police...
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