Senior staff attorneys conduct litigation and advocacy around existing Center for Constitutional Rights cases – and develop new, creative litigation and advocacy – in our issue areas, which include:...
Updated: November 10, 2021
Hearing Is Second Under Trump February 28, 2017, Guantánamo – Today, an attorney from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a Periodic Review Board (PRB) at Guantánamo to recommend that...
Get the Facts: Suit Seeks Accountability for Killings of Three Americans in U.S. Drone Strikes Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta What are “targeted killings” and when are they illegal? Since 2001, and...
Updated: July 17, 2013
October 5, 2020We're going to the Supreme Court tomorrow. Here's what you need to know. Tomorrow — October 6 — is argument day in our case Tanzin v. Tanvir ! This lawsuit was brought by American Muslims who were...
November 14, 2007, New York, NY – Last night, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) attorneys and co-counsel submitted the final brief to the Supreme Court in the case that will determine whether...
August 14, 2016President Barack Obama’s multi-agency Periodic Review Board (PRB) has approved an al Qaeda-linked Algerian prisoner for release from the U.S. military detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba,...
October 25, 2016, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights responded to the Periodic Review Board decision declining to approve its client Guled Hassan Duran (ISN 10023) for transfer...
August 12, 2022...Ahead of the first regular review of the US record since 2014, rights advocates insisted the US government had never adequately addressed violations against black people during slavery and...
Update: On May 1, 2016, a federal court blocked the Trump administration from terminating Yemen’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) issuing an emergency order to maintain the program’s protections...
Updated: May 13, 2026
August 6, 2015Every four years, the U.N. Human Rights Committee evaluates whether a government is in compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and is following previous...
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