February 4, 2022, New York – Today the government made public that Mohammed al-Qahtani has been cleared for transfer from the prison at Guantánamo where he has been detained without fair process for...
ATS case bringing claims that U.S. technology company Cisco Systems, Inc. aided and abetted serious human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners in China
Updated: August 20, 2026
"This report reminds us once again that the character of our country has to be measured in part not by what we do when things are easy, but what we do when things are hard. And when we engaged in...
Updated: November 11, 2019
September 26, 2007, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) announced that it, along with other human rights lawyers, has filed two lawsuits charging former Bolivian...
January 23, 2020... After the first marathon day leading up to President Trump’s impeachment trial, we speak with Vince Warren and Baher Azmy, executive director and legal director, respectively, of the Center for...
Monday, October 24, Washington, D.C. – This Wednesday, rights groups will meet with the government of Haiti before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington, D.C. to...
April 12, 2022Four people are challenging Pennsylvania's lifetime ban on parole for "felony murder."
August 9, 2017Last week, the New York Times published a remarkable piece by Bari Weiss, newly hired by the Times from the Wall Street Journal , titled “ When Progressives Embrace Hate .” The piece, which self-...
Previous Program Could Serve as Model for Trump, Attorneys Say January 3, 2017, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and DRUM – South Asian Organizing Center sent Freedom of...
November 3, 2017, Kabul, New York, The Hague – After a decade-long preliminary examination, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor today gave formal notice she will submit a request to...
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