Since the Guantánamo Bay prison opened in 2002, the Center for Constitutional Rights has represented dozens of current and former prisoners. We have led the legal fight to preserve essential...
Updated: January 9, 2020
November 12, 2015, Chicago – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel Loevy & Loevy announced the settlement of Professor Steven Salaita’s case against the University of...
October 18, 2016Last Friday, October 14, marked one year since reforms began under the historic settlement agreement in CCR’s case Ashker v. Brown , which effectively ended long-term solitary confinement throughout...
In 2010, the U.S. Bureau of the Census hired over a million temporary employees to conduct census surveys and serve in clerical positions. The Bureau ran the names of all applicants through the FBI...
Updated: April 20, 2016
Amidst escalating attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community worldwide, we are witnessing alarming developments in Uganda, where Parliament is once again considering a sweeping Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The...
Updated: March 21, 2023
CCR is proud to co-sponsor the 77th Annual Celebration & Presentation of the ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism. Schedule 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion: “The Politics of...
Updated: April 26, 2013
August 3, 2020, Miami – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated a trial court judgment that had been entered in favor of Bolivia’s former president, Gonzalo Sánchez de...
Amicus brief in case of Guatemalans subjected to non-consensual medical experiments between 1945 and 1956.
Updated: November 7, 2022
September 6, 2022President Biden froze the funds after the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
January 14, 2016, New York – Today, the Department of Defense announced the transfer of Guantánamo prisoner and Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) client Fahd Ghazy to Oman. Mr. Ghazy was only 17...
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