At the end of Spotlight , a list of hundreds of cities in the U.S. and around the world in which major cases of clergy sexual violence have been uncovered fills up the screen. You can literally hear...
Inmates challenging their confinement in special prison units where their communications are monitored non-stop will get one more chance to revive their case against the Federal Bureau of Prisons...
During his 19-year tenure on the federal appeals court for the District of Columbia, Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland established a mixed record on legal issues surrounding the post-Sept. 11...
State and European prison officials, academics, scientists, attorneys, released former inmates and others will gather in Pittsburgh this week to discuss prolonged solitary confinement in prison — as...
May 11, 2016, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights is sad to release the following statement on the occasion of the passing of the Center’s president emeritus Michael Ratner: From Attica...
The groundbreaking human rights attorney Michael Ratner has died at the age of 72. For over four decades, he defended, investigated and spoke up for victims of human rights abuses across the world...
A Saudi national accused of trying to take part in the September 11 attacks who has been repeatedly tortured gets a chance to plead his case in front of a Guantanamo parole-like board on Thursday...
On Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 8:30 a.m., the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati will hear oral argument in Phillips v. Snyder from CCR co-counsel, the Sugar Law Center. Phillips v...
Over two years ago, a federal judge swept aside multiple delay tactics by the administration of Gov. Rick Snyder and allowed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Michigan’s Emergency...
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren will provide the opening co-keynote address and join the final plenary at the University of Washington's conference titled, "Human Rights Abuses: Expose the Cover-...
