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
June 26, 2015A Guantanamo Bay prisoner, who has been on hunger strike for over eight years, has launched a legal push for his immediate release from the United States military prison because he now weighs around...
Ibraham Qatabi is a senior legal worker at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where he helps coordinate a large network of pro bono counsel representing Guantánamo detainees and assists with...
Elsa Maria Mota is a Bertha Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she specializes in advocating for immigrant rights and racial justice by challenging government misconduct...
Join the Columbia University Center for Palestine Studies , the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University , and the Center for Constitutional Rights for an in-person ...
Updated: October 20, 2022
On Tuesday, March 12, 2013, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) held a thematic hearing on the use of solitary confinement in the Americas. CCR submitted a written testimony before...
Updated: March 12, 2013
November 2013Commentary: Iraqis and former US soldiers join forces in fight for justice In early October, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the principal human rights body of the Organization of...
On October 2, 2006, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) announced that it had filed the first new legal challenges to key provisions of the Military Commissions Act (MCA) passed by Congress...
Federal case over immigration information-sharing ends January 15, 2020, Montpelier, VT — Human rights organization Migrant Justice and the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles have reached a...
January 7, 2013, Springfield, MA –A federal judge heard arguments today in a case charging that Massachusetts leader Scott Lively’s actions in anti-gay efforts in Uganda constitute...
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