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 International Crimes in Palestine

On January 2, 2015, the State of Palestine acceded to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and, on April 1, 2015, Palestine became the 123rd Member State of the ICC . Palestine...

Updated: April 30, 2020

Accountability for International Crimes in Afghanistan

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda filed a request with the Pre-Trial Chamber on November 20, 2017 seeking judicial authorization to open a formal investigation into crimes...

Updated: April 28, 2020

Tanvir v. Tanzin (formerly Tanvir v. Holder and Tanvir v. Lynch)

A federal lawsuit that challenges the FBI’s abuse of the No-Fly List to coerce law-abiding American Muslims into spying on their religious communities.

Updated: April 6, 2020

al Qahtani v. Obama

A habeas corpus petition on behalf of the only Guantánamo detainee who the government has openly admitted was tortured.

Updated: April 6, 2020

Al Otro Lado v. Nielsen

Al Otro Lado, Inc., et al. v. Kirstjen Nielsen, et al. , is a class action lawsuit against officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a...

Updated: March 5, 2020

Migrant Justice v. Nielsen

Lawsuit on behalf of Vermont-based Migrant Justice against ICE, DHS, and the Vermont DMV.

Updated: January 28, 2020

Al Shimari, et al. v. CACI

A challenge to corporate impunity under the Alien Tort Statute for war crimes and torture at Abu Ghraib prison.

Updated: January 27, 2020

Accountability for U.S. Torture: France

Action seeking accountability for U.S. torture brought in France under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

Updated: December 18, 2019

No Bayou Bridge Pipeline - Public Records Request to Department of Environmental Quality

On behalf of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a public records request with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) seeking records related to...

Updated: December 3, 2019

Mamani, et al. v. Sánchez de Lozada / Mamani, et al. v. Sánchez Berzaín

Federal lawsuit challenging government-ordered extrajudicial killings in Bolivia

Updated: November 26, 2019

Accountability for U.S. Torture: Spain

Actions on U.S. torture brought in Spain under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

Updated: November 13, 2019

Accountability for U.S. Torture: Germany

Action brought in Germany under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

Updated: November 12, 2019

Accountability for U.S. Torture: Canada

Action brought in Canada under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

Updated: November 12, 2019

Accountability for U.S. Torture: Switzerland

Action brought in Switzerland under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

Updated: November 12, 2019

United States v. Ahmed Abu Ali

Ahmed Abu Ali is a 37-year-old American citizen of Jordanian origin currently serving a sentence of life without parole in federal prison following a 2005 conviction for material support and related...

Updated: October 3, 2019

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