In February of 2000 CCR filed Wright v. Corrections Corporation of America , a nationwide class action lawsuit, seeking to enjoin, declare illegal, and recoup damages resulting from conspiracies...
Updated: July 6, 2009
March 21, 2016The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) meets in Washington this week for its annual police conference, the issue of the BDS movement —Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions—will certainly be...
For the December 9, 2014 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "The State of Civil and Human Rights in the United States," called by the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and...
Updated: December 9, 2014
September 21, 2012, New York – In response to the Department of Justice’s release today of the identities of 55 of the 86 Guantanamo prisoners who have been approved for transfer, Center...
Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney, Diala Shamas , will join the American Society of International Law on March 29, 2019 in Washington, DC at the 113th ASIL Annual meeting for thier "...
Updated: March 22, 2019
December 3, 2021...The lawfare group Shurat HaDin, closely linked to the Israeli government, has already “threatened to sue a US foundation for aiding and abetting terrorism” on the basis of the new Israeli...
On May 18, 2018, CCR joined Palestine Legal, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and the National Lawyers Guild in sending a letter to members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor...
Updated: June 14, 2018
The Center for Constitutional Rights joined more than 100 civil society organizations, legal experts, former diplomats, and scholars to urge the U.S. government to end its campaign to undermine the...
Updated: August 10, 2026
March 12, 2008, New York, NY – Today, more than 30 attorneys from the United States who represent Yemeni men held at Guantánamo issued a statement saying they do not believe the detainees would be...
August 14, 2022Delegation says the siting of toxic industry in Cancer Alley is “genocidal,” demands moratorium, and calls for slavery reparations
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