June 2, 2011, New York, Miami and New Orleans – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a strongly-worded order yesterday directing the United States to refrain from...
May 31, 2011, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement today on the recent return of President Zelaya to Honduras almost two years after a military coup d...
Event : On May 31, 2010, the peaceful international six-boat flotilla, carrying humanitarian aid and seeking to break the siege of Gaza, was raided by Israeli forces, resulting in the death of nine...
WHAT : Accountability Today – Preventing Torture Tomorrow A panel discussion featuring the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, legal experts, and special video testimonials from victims of the U...
From DemocracyNow.org: The Obama administration launched a drone strike in Yemen last week in an attempt to assassinate a U.S.-born Muslim cleric who has never been convicted of a crime. Anwar al-...
New York and Madrid, April 14, 2011 – Yesterday a Spanish judge chose to dismiss a politically charged case against six former Bush administration officials for their part in creating a legal...
New York and Madrid, April 13, 2011 – After a two-year delay punctuated by efforts to undermine the Spanish judiciary’s independence, the Obama administration recently told a Spanish...
Resistance in Honduras: An Evening with Gerardo Torres of the National Front of Popular Resistance Wednesday, April 13, 2011 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South New...
March 31, 2011 - In 1976, 17-year-old Joelito Filártiga was abducted and later tortured to death by Americo Norberto Peña-Irala, the inspector general in the Department of Investigation...
March 24, 20011, New York – Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, made the following statement on behalf of the Center: Len Weinglass was one of the great...
