November 13, 2020...Darius Charney is the Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, a national legal advocacy group. He told 12 News when departments give their officers discretion over when to...
October 8, 2021...In 2008, the United States Supreme Court ruled that people imprisoned at Guantánamo can challenge their imprisonment by filing writs of habeas corpus. And in 2020, a federal appeals court panel...
New York plays a key role in the deportation machine, despite branding itself as “progressive” and “welcoming of immigrants.” New York’s complicity...
Updated: September 19, 2022
Washington, D.C. & New York City, September 7, 2017 – At a landmark hearing held today in Mexico City, the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) and the Center for Constitutional...
Humanist Society of Metropolitan New York presents An Evening with Ramsey Clark and Sara Flounders discussing urgent current issues relevant to the People's Right to Know. CCR Social Justice...
Updated: March 13, 2014
Download the full Right to Reparations Factsheet The right of victims of armed conflict to receive reparation is well established under international law. A basic concept of our domestic and...
Updated: March 19, 2014
April 17, 2016The U.S. has transferred nine Yemeni detainees from the Guantanamo Bay prison facility to Saudi Arabia. The group represented just over 10 percent of the population that remained at Guantanamo...
March 11, 2024...Early this month, a federal judge dismissed a case brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) charging U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Secretary of...
On April 9, 2010, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a civil complaint with the Department of Homeland Security regarding the mistreatment of detainees at the Port Isabel Detention...
Updated: September 18, 2012
Under the United States’ Visa Waiver Program, nationals from certain designated countries can enter the U.S. as temporary visitors without first obtaining a visa. In order for a country to qualify...
Updated: February 23, 2024
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