About 800,000 young people in the United States are now in legal limbo. President Donald Trump has scrapped an immigration programme introduced by his predecessor, Barack Obama , known as DACA - or...
Updated: September 8, 2017
Rachel Meeropol , Senior Staff Attorney and Associate Director of Legal Training and Education for the Center for Constitutional Rights, will be a panelist during the National Conference of...
Updated: October 6, 2021
January 2024 marks 22 years of U.S. detention of Muslim men and boys at the Guantánamo Bay prison. Thirty Muslim men remain at the notorious facility: most have never been charged with a crime...
Updated: January 10, 2024
Part III – ACCOUNTABILITY What We Can Do When Our Government Violates International Laws Ann Wright : Retired Colonel and former US State Dept official - In 1987, Col.Wright joined the Foreign...
Updated: November 9, 2010
October 30, 2017This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
NYU School of Law's American Constitution Society and Law Students for Human Rights are pleased to announce a panel discussion on National Security and Detainee Policy in the Obama...
Updated: March 26, 2009
November 20, 2020Today, the world honors the dual meanings of Trans Day of Remembrance and Trans Day of Resilience by remembering and celebrating the lives of all trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people...
Legal Glossary Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) , also known as Alien Tort Statute (ATS) – The Alien Tort Claims Act is a federal statute from 1789 that allows foreign victims of international...
Updated: February 19, 2010
September 15, 2016"I wish to see him and hug him and sit next to him and hold his head in my arms and tell him that I love him." This week, Senior Staff Attorney Wells Dixon and Advocacy Program Manager Aliya Hussain...
Hearing in Vulcans ( United States , et al. v City of New York ) a federal class action lawsuit originating from Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges filed by CCR on behalf of the...
Updated: July 19, 2010
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