February 11, 2020Introduction by Laura Magnani, American Friends Service Committee What follows below is an update from the leadership of the 2011 and 2013 California Prison Hunger Strikes against indefinite solitary...
Please join CCR and our partners in the No Separate Justice (NSJ) campaign for our monthly vigil on Monday, April 4. The April vigil will make connections between imprisonment of Muslims and the...
Updated: March 28, 2016
August 16, 2016... Among those released is Zahir Hamdoun, a Yemeni citizen held at Guantánamo without charge since 2002, when he was 22 years old. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which represents...
July 26, 2013, New York – Last night, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a request that the entire Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reconsider the dismissal of its lawsuit against...
Friend of the court filings say sanctions undermine access to justice for victims September 25, 2026, New York – An array of former government officials, human rights groups, bar associations, and...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights to celebrate the publication of the new book by former Guantanamo detainee Murat Kurnaz. In October 2001, nineteen year old Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish citizen...
Updated: March 31, 2008
Guantánamo at Home: The Case of Syed Fahad Hashmi and the Demise of Civil Rights in the Federal Courts . December 15 at the Brecht Forum, 451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Streets 7:30-9 pm...
Updated: December 9, 2009
September 7, 2023...“The documents that the Center for Constitutional Rights and Muslim Advocates are seeking production of would provide insight as to how many Afghan refugees remain at these sites, the U.S.’s role...
In February of 2011, the United States hosted a fact-finding mission by then UN Independent Expert (now the Special Rapporteur) on the human right to safe drinking water. Ms. de Albuquerque carries...
Updated: May 8, 2015
October 10, 2017The Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow in Jesner v. Arab Bank ostensibly on the question of whether the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) applies to corporations. There is a risk, however, that the...
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