Thirteen years after he was tortured and held in a Syrian grave-like underground cell for nearly a year, Maher Arar has won a victory in his pursuit of accountability. Last week Canada formally...
CCR invites you to FilmFest DC’s screening of Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr , a film by Patrick Reed and Michelle Shephard. Following the film, there will be a short talk-back with co-director...
CCR invites you to FilmFest DC’s screening of Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr , a film by Patrick Reed and Michelle Shephard. Following the film, there will be a short talk-back with co-director...
Come hear two of Palestine’s leading human rights defenders discuss conditions on the ground, the status of human rights violations, and the future facing Palestinians. IPS’s Middle East expert...
Who will hold Israel accountable? The answer, so far, is no one. But on this rare trip to the U.S., I am seeing signs that suggest the dam is breaking. The cracks in the dam are coming from civil...
On July 13, 2015, Sandra Bland died while in police custody in Waller County, Texas. On July 13, 2016, on the one-year anniversary of her tragic death, The Dream Unfinished will hold a concert to...
January 9, 2016, New York – In advance of the Senate confirmation hearing scheduled tomorrow for Senator Jefferson Sessions as United States Attorney General, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)...
Yesterday, senior staff attorney Rachel Meeropol argued our case Ziglar v. Abbasi before the Supreme Court . By all accounts, it was a masterful presentation, expertly parrying the justices’...
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren and CCR Senior Staff Attorney Pardiss Kebriaei will both join distinguished panels of legal experts as part of a continuing legal education (CLE) seminar with...
President Trump is never more excited by policy than when it gives him license to bully someone. His travel ban , an executive order prohibiting travel from seven (then, after a March revision, six)...
