June 2, 2017CCR has long called for an end to the military commissions system at Guantánamo, a second-class system of justice designed to hide brutal torture committed by the U.S., and a proven failure,...
May 8, 2019..."The case being dismissed against us today serves to embolden the power of the U.S. Constitution and goes along way to reinforce badly needed and missed good ole common sense," said Aaron De Groat...
July 31, 2020...Vince Warren, the executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York, said technology has played a significant role in policing and lawyering. "The big difference between...
May 14, 2021...International Human Rights Clinic co-director Susan H. Farbstein said much of the case was “driven and led by the plaintiffs.” “Their tireless commitment and their optimism are sort of what have...
Lower court dismissed claims against American Studies Association, Steven Salaita, and others as a SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) May 8, 2024, Washington, D.C. – Today, the D...
April 4, 2011, New York and Washington – Today, the Supreme Court announced it will not hear three of the Guantánamo detainee cases it had been asked to review and delayed a decision on...
December 2014"New evidence might bring new legal cases against American officials involved in the Central Intelligence Agency’s “enhanced interrogation” program after the release of previously classified...
Please join CCR for an important hearing in our case, Al Shimari v. CACI , a federal lawsuit brought in 2008 on behalf of Iraqi torture victims against U.S. government contractor CACI Premier...
Updated: September 18, 2017
July 3, 2019...The settlement was signed Friday said Jen Nessel, a spokesperson with the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represented the tribe in the federal lawsuit. It dismisses all fines levied...
April 15, 2022... “This case is on behalf of Black elders and all of those who have been denied redemption,” said Samah Sisay, attorney and Bertha Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights. “Through...
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