February 14, 2008, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenged the post-9/11 racial profiling, illegal detention and abuse of Muslim, Arab, and South Asian men before...
In 2002, Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen, was detained at a U.S. airport on his way home from a family trip. He was interrogated by U.S. officials about alleged links to al-Qaeda and was repeatedly...
Join CCR attorney Katherine Gallagher and Professor Dina Haynes in a panel discussion on “Rendition and Human Trafficking”. This panel will be part of a day long symposium on Complicity in...
CCR attorney Rachel Meeropol will be arguing before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in regards to the cross appeal filed by parties in the case of Turkmen v. Ashcroft . Turkmen v. Ashcroft is a...
An anti-raids coalition in New York, of which the Center for Constitutional Rights is a member, has put out a document denouncing the excessive force and flagrant violation of rights that have become...
Article II: Torture and Extraordinary Rendition. Participants include Michael Ratner and Vincent Warren of the Center of Constitutional Rights, Jonathan Hafetz, journalist Tara McKelvey, Carol...
Casas-Castrillon v. Lockyer is one of several cases in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has signed on as amicus curiae to support non-citizens seeking relief from immigration...
November 7, 2007, New York, NY – Today, a New York City anti-immigrant raids network launched with the release of this statement condemning the ICE raids across the country and in New York City: In...
November 9, 2007, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) argued before the Court of Appeals that rendition victim Maher Arar’s case against U.S. officials should be...
University of North Carolina School of Law Chapel Hill, NC 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM This symposium will address the legal propriety of extraordinary rendition, the alleged practice of transferring suspected...
