... With just five weeks to go until the Presidential Election, we’re pleased to note that, recently, six organizations involved in the long struggle to try and get the prison at Guantánamo Bay...
...Expanding Indigenous rights and ending extreme sentencing practices were central themes at this year's review of the United States by the UN Human Rights Committee, with the case of Leonard...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Southern Center for Human Rights, and the Color of Change for “Rep-A-Thon,” a live-streamed legal defense fundraiser. Legal representation...
by Leili Kashani, Center for Constitutional Rights This month marks five years since three men who were never charged with any crime died in US custody at Guantánamo under circumstances that...
April 22, 2015, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in response to a front-page story in The Washington Post about the Obama...
February 1, 2017, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with three Department of Justice offices: the Office of Legal Counsel...
On June 8, 2020, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown, and Philando Castile, together with over 600 rights groups led by the...
Dorothee Benz is the Communications Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. She came to CCR with more than two decades experience as an editor, journalist, web manager, and communications...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Jennie Green to speak at Rebellious Lawyering Conference, Yale Law School The African Public Interest Lawyer: Rebellious Lawyering on the Continent This panel will explore...
CCR Advocacy Program Manager Aliya Hussain will participate on a panel at NATSECDEF 2018: Preserving Justice in National Security . Artwork as a Bellwether: Detainee Rights at Guantanamo (1:00 – 2:30...
