January 2010The legal problem cited by the judge when he threw out the indictments against Blackwater guards was obvious to American government lawyers within days of the shooting. “It is regrettable that the...
Two human rights organizations went to court on Monday to challenge the Obama administration's decision to authorize the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical Muslim cleric now hiding...
To the Editor: "Discord Grows on the Politics of Intervention" (front page, March 8) describes the tactical and political risks of American intervention in Libya, but nowhere does it state...
February 2012Eight years after the release of shocking photographs depicting detainee abuse in Iraq's famed Abu Ghraib prison, a federal appeals court in Virginia is grappling with whether former Iraqi prisoners...
July 2012In a lawsuit filed today, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights allege the United States violated the constitution's guarantee of due process when it ordered the...
Justice Robert Jackson Conference on the Planning for Prosecution of High-Level American War Criminals in Andover, Massachusetts. Peter Weiss, Vice President of the Center for Constitutional Rights,...
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HUMAN EVIDENCE: The War in Iraq Gallery Exhibition: September 1–October 24, 2008 Works on Paper by Daniel Heyman Photography by Michael Kamber Panel Discussion Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Human...
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Maria Lahood is a visiting assistant clinical professor at Northwestern law school's McArthur Justice Center and senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights. Maria specializes in...
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