New York, NY – In response to the ongoing atrocities in Gaza, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: For over 40 years the Center for Constitutional Rights has...
New York, NY – This week, the full Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit refused to reconsider the ruling of a three-judge panel which held that key provisions of the federal statute that makes it a...
The Center for Constitutional Rights thanks MoveOn.org and its membership for their incredible outpouring of support, and the Atlantic Philanthropies and the Open Society Institute for stepping into...
January 14, 2009, Washington, D.C. – A summit of major human rights groups met today to set a human rights agenda for advocates and government for the first 100 days of the Obama administration and...
New York, NY – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has released the following statement at the request of CCR colleague Gareth Peirce, on behalf of former Guantánamo detainee Jarallah S. K. Al...
New York, N.Y. January 16, 2009 – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard arguments in the human rights case, Matar v. Dichter. The lawsuit charges former Director of the Israel...
January 21, 2009, New York – Center for Constitutional Rights attorneys for Guantánamo detainees responded today to portions of President Obama’s draft executive order to close the offshore prison...
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release: January 22, 2009 EXECUTIVE ORDER - - - - - - - REVIEW OF DETENTION POLICY OPTIONS By the authority vested in me as President by...
January 29, 2009, Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the International Human Rights Law Clinic at the Washington College of Law filed the final brief in a civil...
From: Sabin Willett January 23, 2009 Eric H. Holder, Jr., Esq., Attorney General-designate Mark R. Filip, Esq., Acting Attorney General The Honorable Robert M. Gates Secretary of Defense Re: Uighur...
