LITIGATION Al Shimari v. CACI is a federal lawsuit brought by four Iraqi torture victims against private US-based contractor CACI International Inc., and CACI Premier Technology, Inc. It asserts that...
Updated: March 7, 2013
PLEASE NOTE: CCR has closed its Cuba Travel Project and is no longer operating a hotline. Below please find some general information and links that may be helpful. Up-to-date Federal Regulations...
Updated: February 4, 2015
In this series of related cases, CCR has tackled two sets of legal prohibitions that make it a crime to provide support, including humanitarian aid, literature distribution and political advocacy, to...
Updated: September 8, 2021
New York, NY – In response to the ongoing atrocities in Gaza, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: For over 40 years the Center for Constitutional Rights has...
New York, NY – This week, the full Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit refused to reconsider the ruling of a three-judge panel which held that key provisions of the federal statute that makes it a...
The Center for Constitutional Rights thanks MoveOn.org and its membership for their incredible outpouring of support, and the Atlantic Philanthropies and the Open Society Institute for stepping into...
January 14, 2009, Washington, D.C. – A summit of major human rights groups met today to set a human rights agenda for advocates and government for the first 100 days of the Obama administration and...
New York, NY – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has released the following statement at the request of CCR colleague Gareth Peirce, on behalf of former Guantánamo detainee Jarallah S. K. Al...
New York, N.Y. January 16, 2009 – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard arguments in the human rights case, Matar v. Dichter. The lawsuit charges former Director of the Israel...
January 21, 2009, New York – Center for Constitutional Rights attorneys for Guantánamo detainees responded today to portions of President Obama’s draft executive order to close the offshore prison...
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