This paper is released as part of our 100 Days white paper series . Amend the War Powers Resolution provides an overview of executive abuse of war-making power, and calls for restoring checks and...
... Islamophobia, or anti-Muslim racism, and the parallel US-driven militarism in Muslim countries across the globe, have created a political and legal framework to alienate and stigmatize Muslim...
Please join the Center for Constitutional Rights and pack the court for oral arguments in Al Otro Lado v. Nielsen, a class action lawsuit against officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security...
The Social Justice Throwdown has been postponed and will now take place on September 17, 2020 in New York City . The Center for Constitutional Rights has rescheduled our community event as a...
December 22, 2010 - Last week, the House Judiciary Committee heard testimony from legal and free speech experts about the possible application of the Espionage Act to the recent publication of secret...
The U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has embodied many of the most notorious abuses in the U.S. War on Terrorism since it was established nearly 15 years ago. This panel discussion...
Photos of Iraqi prisoners tethered to dog leashes and electrical wires dominated the news when they emerged in 2003 and 2004. The abuse scandal centered at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad...
University of Maryland (UMD) Francis King Carey School of Law's Muslim Legal Society and Journal of Race, Religion, Gender, and Class presents: "Guantánamo North": Examining...
DEHUMANIZED A discussion of Special Administrative Measures (SAMS), solitary confinement, and some of the most devastating tools of the criminal justice system Confirmed speakers include: Syed Hashmi...
The University of Toledo College of Law presents, Child Sexual Violence by Clergy: Is the Vatican Accountable under International Law? Featuring CCR Senior Staff Attorney Pam Spees. TWO CHANCES TO...