August 30, 2011, New York and San Francisco – Last night the first brief was filed in the appeal in CCR v. Obama, a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) against the...
July 19, 2011, New York – Yesterday, victims of drone attacks in Pakistan and their families filed a "First Information Report" (FIR) in Islamabad seeking an arrest warrant for John...
July 14, 2011, Washington, D.C.– A group of international human rights organizations filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in the case of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum in...
WASHINGTON, June 27 /PRNewswire/ - The U.S. Supreme Court sent a terrible message with its refusal today to hear the case of 250 civilians allegedly tortured and seriously harmed by corporate...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is deeply dismayed at the Obama Administration’s claim that it can continue military attacks on Libya without Congressional approval as...
June 15, 2011, New York – Today, as Congressman Peter King leads the House Committee on Homeland Security through the second in a series of hearings examining so-called homegrown Islamic...
May 31, 2011, WASHINGTON -- The Obama Administration struck a blow to the protection of fundamental human rights by recommending that the U.S. Supreme Court not hear the case of 250 civilians...
May 6, 2011, New York – Today, Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vince Warren issued the following statement: In the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden, it is a time to be...
May 7, 2011, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s reports of an attempt by the U.S. to kill Anwar Al-Aulaqi by...
March 30, 2011, New York – Today, prisoners in two experimental federal prison units called “Communications Management Units” (CMUs) won the right to have their day in court and...