Over the last year CCR's important work has been honored with numerous awards.
Shayana Kadidal will accepted the award on behalf of the center.
The Democratic Lawyers of Germany, along with the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights, presented CCR President Michael Ratner with the Hans Litten Prize in recognition of his pioneering work on…
Founded by Yoko Ono in honor of the peace activism of John Lennon, the $50,000 award is given to two recipients every two years. Past winners have included investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, Israeli artist Zvi…
Intended to honor an organization or person whose work represents the League’s radical nonviolent platform of action, the award was first given in 1958 to Jeannette Rankin, the only Congressperson to vote against U.S. entry…
CCR was honored as the first-ever organization to receive the Raphael Lemkin Human Rights Award. Raphael Lemkin, born to Jewish parents in eastern Poland, was a lawyer who dedicated his life to preserving human rights…
The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards honor two IPS colleagues who were murdered on September 21, 1976 by agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. Orlando Letelier, the target of the car bomb attack, was a former…
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