The release of the Obama administration's plan to close the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention centre has been met with criticism from US conservatives and a lawyer for former Australian detainee...
The United States is not a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC). But that doesn’t mean that US officials can’t be held accountable for international crimes such as torture and war crimes...
Derek Lee argues the sentence for felony murder is unconstitutionally disproportionate and cruel Oct 8, 2024, Pittsburgh – The application of the felony murder rule, which holds liable for murder a...
April 4, 2013, New York – This morning, activist Daniel McGowan was picked up from the halfway house where he has been residing and taken into custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in...
The purpose of the April 1st 2009, 60/60 Conference in Strasbourg, France is to discuss the nature and significance of NATO’s commitment to international human rights and the rule of law. In...
December 23, 2014, New York – In response to findings and recommendations released today by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure...
I joined the Center for Constitutional Rights through the Ella Baker Summer Fellowship Program to understand better how I, when I become a lawyer, can be more responsive and accountable to social...
Roger Goodell Commissioner National Football League 345 Park Avenue New York, NY 10154 June 18, 2018 Dear Mr. Goodell: The undersigned organizations, each of which is devoted to protecting the full...
Case Seeks to Stop Dangerous Policy Undermining Rule of Law, Threatening People Fleeing Persecution June 11, 2025, San Diego, CA – People fleeing persecution and torture in their home countries have...
... U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement surveilled and targeted outspoken immigrants who have taken sanctuary in churches – including an Austin mother in refuge at St. Andrew's Presbyterian...
