Lawyers Vow to Continue to Pursue Invalidation of Widespread Unconstitutional Use of Wanteds November 2, 2022, St. Louis, MO – Yesterday, the federal Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an...
October 28, 2022, Washington, D.C. – The Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Justice and International Law - CEJIL addressed the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)...
Groups argue “Death by Incarceration” is torture and violates ban on racial discrimination September 15, 2022, New York ‒ A national coalition of advocacy and legal groups today submitted a complaint...
U.S. victims seek money to satisfy judgments against Taliban, but those are sovereign funds and Taliban is not recognized government, judge says August 29, 2022, New York – A federal judge found that...
Ashley Diamond Home at Last August 9, 2022 – Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman who has twice sued the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) for refusing to protect her from sexual assault...
August 2, 2022, New York – In response to the U.S. government’s extrajudicial killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: More...
In a new submission to the court, Salah Hammouri details years of persecution and new tactics to forcibly transfer Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem May 16, 2022, Jerusalem/Paris/New York – A...
70 Percent of People Serving These Sentences for Felony Murder are Black April 13, 2022, Pittsburgh, PA ‒ Today, a lawsuit brought by people serving Death-By-Incarceration sentences, commonly known...
Attorneys Say He Must Now Be Transferred From Guantánamo Without Delay March 11, 2022, New York and Washington, D.C. – Today, the Convening Authority for Military Commissions approved a final...
March 7, 2022, New York – Mohammed al-Qahtani, held at Guantánamo since 2002, arrived in Saudi Arabia today, where he will receive psychiatric care for schizophrenia that was exacerbated by...