Michael Ratner , "War on Democracy: Civil and Human Rights Post-9/11" and Gara LaMarche , "The Importance of Philanthropic Advocacy in the Post-911 Era"...
Updated: June 10, 2008
CCR Advocacy Program Manager Laura Raymond will participate as a panelist in a discussion on International Human Rights Law in Latin America on Saturday, October 6th from 11:00 - 12:30 p.m. at the...
Updated: October 1, 2012
The Center for Constitutional Rights has long stood in solidarity with popular and democratic movements in Haiti to address the undemocratic forces at play there and the interests in the United...
Updated: August 23, 2011
Melika Olya, an Iranian native, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on March 13, 2025, challenging the legality of her indefinite detention at the El Paso Service Processing Center in Texas...
Updated: November 14, 2025
August 2010By Glenn Greenwald A major legal challenge to one of the Obama administration's most radical assertions of executive power began this morning in a federal courthouse in Washington, DC. Early last...
June 8, 2009 - Today, plaintiffs and defendants reached a settlement in the human rights cases brought against Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and Shell Transport and Trading, p.l.c., Shell’s...
March 11, 2019In Djibouti to keep up the fight against the Muslim Ban [caption align="right"] [/caption] Our Staff Attorney Diala Shamas spent last week in Djibouti meeting with Yemeni families who are stranded...
From the leader of the “free world” to the leader of a worldwide faith, each person must be subject to the rule of law. Where national legal systems are unable or unwilling to hold...
Updated: November 23, 2011
November 4, 2025The Center for Constitutional Rights mourns the passing of Peter Weiss, the visionary human rights lawyer, our beloved mentor and friend, and our long-time vice president, who served on our board for...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights and Cornell University Law School for "Maintaining and Protecting Racial Justice in 2010", in a discussion featuring CCR Attorney Darius Charney...
Updated: April 16, 2010
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