January 10, 2017, New York – In advance of the Senate confirmation hearing scheduled this afternoon for Retired Major General John Kelly to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Center...
... The case , Ziglar v. Abbasi , arises out of the roundup of hundreds of immigrants in the months following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Federal officials arrested more than 750 men from South...
January 10, 2017, New York – In advance of the Senate confirmation hearing scheduled tomorrow for former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR...
Coalition marks 15 th anniversary of first detainees imprisoned at Guantánamo with rally at Supreme Court and march to Senate confirmation hearings WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 11, a broad coalition...
...Pointing to the human rights abuses that occurred on his watch, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which has led the legal battle against Guantánamo and represents a number of its...
The looming presidency of Donald Trump has created a deep sense of uncertainty for inmates at Guantanamo on the 15th anniversary of the arrival of the first prisoners at the U.S. base in Cuba...
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the arrival of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. This morning, CCR’s Aliya Hussain delivered the below remarks at a rally in Washington, D.C.
Two of the most important cases that the Supreme Court will hear during its current Term involve the availability of “ Bivens remedies” judge made causes of action that allow individuals to seek...
January 11, 2017, New York – In advance of the Senate confirmation hearing scheduled tomorrow for Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS) to head the CIA, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued...
January 11, 2017, New York – In advance of the Senate confirmation hearing scheduled tomorrow for Retired General James Mattis to be Secretary of Defense, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)...