On January 11, 2016, join CCR and allies in Washington, D.C. to call on the President Obama to close the prison, end indefinite detention, and ensure accountability for torture. Today, there is...
Updated: December 23, 2015
Theda Jackson-Mau is Director of Development at the Center for Constitutional Rights. Theda began her fundraising career at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and, over the years, has...
September 17, 2024, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights welcomes Masha Katz Baer as its new Director of Development. Katz Baer – who was hired as Deputy Director in May 2023 and...
March 13, 2017In the final hearing of the Obama administration, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in Ziglar v. Abbasi , a case 15 years in the making for Rachel Meeropol ’02, senior staff attorney at the Center...
July 10, 2017Ramzi Kassem, a professor at CUNY School of Law, and J. Wells Dixon, senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, discuss why the Canadian government offered a multimillion-dollar...
October 21, 2022... Last May, Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces. Since then, her family has pushed the United States government for one thing: an independent investigation into her...
Leading Genocide and Holocaust Experts Submit Declarations in Support of Federal Case November 13, 2023, San Francisco – Today, Palestinians asked a federal court to enjoin President Biden, Secretary...
Join CCR and Maysles Cinema for a screening and discussion of "Citizenfour" as part of an Oscar Buzz series. After the film, CCR Senior Staff Attorney Shane Kadidal will provide context...
Updated: February 3, 2015
July 13, 2012, New York – Today, in an important victory for open government, Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, of the Southern District of New York, ruled that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (...
Muhammadi Davliatov was held at Guantánamo without charge for more than fourteen years despite having been approved for transfer for more than six years. On July 11, 2016, the Department of Defense...
Updated: July 11, 2016
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