June 26, 2008, New York —Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed one of the first new habeas corpus petitions since the Supreme Court ruled on June 12 that the men at Guantánamo have...
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...
The UN has urged the Trump administration to immediately stop separating migrant children from their families at its border with Mexico. The practice is a serious violation of international law, it...
Updated: August 16, 2019
CCR is proud to join the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program to mark a decade of the U.S.-led war in Iraq with speakers from the Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) and Iraq...
Updated: June 19, 2013
January 4, 2012, New York – In response to President Obama’s New Year’s Eve signing of the controversial National Defense Authorization Act, the Center for Constitutional Rights (...
CCR will co-sponsor a film screening on Thursday, January 9th as a part of the Close Guantánamo Tour this January. Please also click here for additional events happening nationwide through...
Updated: January 8, 2014
This article was originally posted on January 10, 2011 on IndyBlog Question: How does a mentally unstable man who was kicked out of school and had run-ins with the law buy an assault weapon?
Updated: January 10, 2011
February 12, 2021TO HONOR BLACK HISTORY IS TO CELEBRATE BLACK FUTURES In our weekly call to action, we will highlight different partners and organizations who are doing movement work today to create a better tomorrow...
Please join The Center for Constitutional Rights , Theaters Against War, The Center for Humanities and The Center for Place, Culture and Politics at CUNY Graduate Center, and Educators for Civil...
Updated: September 26, 2011
November 21, 2023...In an alternate reality — one where the rule of law is applied equally to all states — Israeli leaders would likely face war crimes charges for the razing of Gaza. Leading genocide scholars and...
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