Active Cases

Since 1966, CCR has pioneered daring and innovative legal strategies in pursuit of its mission to advance and protect the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Our work began on behalf of civil rights activists, and since then CCR has lent its expertise and support to virtually every popular progressive movement.

Our current cases reflects our unwavering commitment to progressive principles, people’s movements and human rights as well as our creative use of the law as a positive force for social change.

Accountability for U.S. Torture: Canada

Action brought in Canada under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

Updated: November 12, 2019

AOL v. Mayorkas II

This case challenges the latest iteration of the government's policy and practice of turning back vulnerable asylum seekers at the Southern border. It follows after the Center for Constitutional...

Updated: October 2, 2024

Accountability for U.S. Torture: Germany

Action brought in Germany under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

Updated: November 12, 2019

East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump

This case was brought by non-profit, grassroots organizations fighting for the rights of immigrants and refugees to challenge the Trump administration’s sudden and unilateral imposition of a bar on...

Updated: March 2, 2020

Duran v. Trump

A habeas corpus case on behalf of Guled Hassan Duran, a native of Somalia.

Updated: November 15, 2024

Ms. Q. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Ms. Q. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) is a lawsuit on behalf of an asylum seeker from El Salvador and her four-year old child, J. They have been unlawfully separated from each...

Updated: December 3, 2018

Accountability for U.S. Torture: Switzerland

Action brought in Switzerland under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

Updated: November 12, 2019

Doğan v. Barak (Amicus)

CCR submitted an amicus brief in this case on behalf of the parents of Furkan Doğan , who was killed in the 2010 attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla . The flotilla, which carried more than 700...

Updated: September 5, 2019

ICE Habeas: Asylum-Seeker from Central Asia at Stewart Detention Center

Our client, a man from Central Asia who is seeking asylum in the U.S. after opposing political corruption in his home country, has been detained for over one year at Stewart Detention Center, an...

Updated: January 8, 2025

Blackman Hinds v. Holder (Amicus Brief)

Blackman v. Holder is one of several cases in which the Center for Constitutional Rights submitted amicus briefs in support of non-citizens seeking relief from immigration detention. It involves a...

Updated: November 27, 2013

FOIA Regarding Israel's Compliance with Visa Waiver Program

Under the United States’ Visa Waiver Program, nationals from certain designated countries can enter the U.S. as temporary visitors without first obtaining a visa. In order for a country to qualify...

Updated: February 23, 2024

J.K.A. and T.B.F. v. U.S.A.

This case is filed on behalf of two Cameroonian men abused by U.S. immigration officials while engaging in a hunger strike to protest their detention conditions and during their deportations. Both...

Updated: November 15, 2024

East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr

Non-profit, grassroots organizations fighting for the rights of immigrants and refugees to challenge a Trump administration asylum ban rule.

Updated: February 17, 2021

ICE Habeas: Venezuelans at Otero

Four Venezuelan migrants filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on September 13, 2024, challenging the legality of their indefinite detention at the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral...

Updated: February 25, 2025

Al Otro Lado v. Trump (AOL III)

“AOL III” is the latest challenge to the U.S. government’s policy of denying access to the asylum process to migrants at the Southern border. It follows our landmark lawsuit Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas...

Updated: June 25, 2025

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