March 14, 2013, Oakland – Today, lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal judge to reject California’s attempt to dismiss a class action lawsuit challenging...
February 17, 2011, New York, Geneva – Over one year after a group of 60 individuals petitioned United Nations officials to stop the desecration and destruction of an ancient Muslim cemetery in...
Cable 09MADRID347 View and download this entire cable here 09MADRID347 “Spain: Prosecutor Weighs GTMO Criminal Case vs. Former USG [U.S. Government] Officials.” Date of cable: April 1,...
Updated: December 18, 2010
Invoking the fundamental principle of the right to an independent and impartial judiciary, Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón has received strong support from ten international organizations of...
March 2012According to Attorney General Eric Holder, the President of the United States can order the killing of US citizens, far from any battlefield, without charges, a trial, or any form of advance judicial...
What is the greatest threat to free speech at U.S. universities today? Who is trying to block students from organizing around Palestine on American campuses? How are they doing this? Can professors...
Updated: January 27, 2016
The Center for Constitutional Rights works with communities under threat to fight for justice and liberation through litigation, advocacy, and strategic communications. Since 1966, the Center for...
Updated: November 16, 2021
December 26, 2019...We participated in the hearing on behalf of several U.S. torture victims who, for nearly 15 years, have been seeking justice and accountability for serious harms they suffered on the territories...
July 30, 2026Anyone who supports human rights could be deemed a threat to national security
April 20, 2020This is the first in a series of blogs about the movement response to COVID-19. *Photo credit: Hrag Vartanian I arrived at the Center for Constitutional Rights to start a new job in the midst of one...
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