On May 15, 2018, CCR sent a letter to members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opposing S.J. Res. 59, the 2018 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, also known as the "Corker-Kaine...
Updated: May 16, 2018
For the First Time Palestinians Are Challenging Settlers Living on Their Land in a U.S. Court Silber v. Airbnb The Center for Constitutional Rights is representing two Palestinian individuals, a...
Updated: March 21, 2019
Ziad Alwan Ziad Alwan is a United States citizen and a Palestinian with West Bank residency. He was born in Ein Yabrud, Palestine, and currently lives in Chicago. Ziad’s family’s land, for which he...
Updated: March 19, 2019
Three Iraqi torture survivors will finally have their day in court. After over 11 years of litigation, our clients go to trial against CACI Premier Technology, a private U.S. military contractor that...
Updated: March 29, 2019
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights for panels and trainings at Netroots Nation 2019 in Philadelphia July 11-13.
Updated: July 15, 2019
On April 28, 2020, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined a coalition letter addressed to International Criminal Court (ICC) States Parties calling for them to demonstrate support for the ICC in...
Updated: May 4, 2020
In May 2020, the Inter-American commission on Human Rights (IACHR) published a landmark report in the merits case of former Guantanamo detainee Djamel Ameziane, making the following recommendations...
Updated: May 27, 2020
Artwork by Shereen Masoud-Jointe "Solitary confinement has destroyed me...It was like a huge mountain that was on top of me. And the pressure on me was so high it squeezed tears out of my eyes...I...
Updated: April 4, 2022
President-elect Biden has been a supporter of closing the Guantánamo Bay prison since he was a senator. The Center for Constitutional Rights welcomes his support as president, and calls on him to...
Updated: January 18, 2022
On February 2, 2021, 111 organizations joined a letter led by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Victims of Torture to President Biden urging him to close the prison at...
Updated: September 8, 2021
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