The ten years since the attacks of 9/11 and range of government responses have featured two important and competing trends in the arena of civil rights damages litigation. On the one hand, federal...
Michael Bloomberg 's decision to break up Occupy Wall Street 's protest in Zuccotti Park has pitched the mayor into a battle that goes to the heart of the US's fiercely protected right to freedom of...
Monday, October 24, Washington, D.C. – This Wednesday, rights groups will meet with the government of Haiti before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington, D.C. to...
October 14, 2011, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in support of the Occupy Wall Street protesters: The Center for Constitutional Rights...
CCR President Michael Ratner participates in panel examining the cultural and political legacy of the al-Qaida attacks and the US response in the decade since.
When: Wednesday, September 14, 6:30pm - 8:30pm What: Panel Discussion: “A Decade of Fighting Terror with Terror: CCR Reflects on 10 Years After 9/11.” CCR staff approach the 9/11...
When: Thursday, September 8 at 5pm What: The Guantanamo Lawyers Panel, co-sponsored by CCR. Lawyers who represent men detained at Guantánamo and other facilities discuss the significance of...
New York, August 18, 2011- In the wake of protests and civil disobedience in Chicago yesterday and across the country criticizing the Obama administration’s Secure Communities program,...
