The Center for Constitutional Rights and four other civil society organizations wrote an open letter to the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, on the 37 th day of a hunger strike by Palestinians...
Updated: May 23, 2017
May 2014"On Monday and Tuesday, a United Nations committee in Geneva asked the Vatican very tough questions about its track record on preventing and punishing acts of torture and cruel, inhuman and...
Join the National Lawyers Guild to discuss “ Cruel by Design: Voices of Resistance From Immigration Detention ,” a comprehensive report published by the Center for Constitutional...
Updated: April 6, 2022
May 5, 2014, Geneva – Today, the Vatican was summoned to appear before the United Nations Committee Against Torture to report on its record in preventing, punishing and redressing torture,...
March 21, 2016Photo credit: US Human Rights Network
December 27, 2021An anthology, a digital art exhibition, a panel discussion, and a staff reflection on two decades of fighting to close the prison.
OSI Forum: Seeking Accountability for Torture—Photography as Evidence Location: OSI-New York Event Date(s): June 3, 2009 Event Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Speakers: Matthew Alexander , Chris Bartlett ,...
Updated: June 3, 2009
Military Lawyer Who Led Effort Against Unlawful Interrogation at Guantánamo Among Amicus Parties September 29, Richmond, VA – Last evening, six amicus briefs were filed with the Fourth Circuit Court...
What happens to people detained in ICE facilities, especially during a global pandemic? What are their living conditions like? “Cruel by Design: Voices of Resistance from Immigration Detention,” a...
Updated: February 9, 2022
Download CCR's report on current Guantanamo conditions . After over seven years of unlawful executive detention, the approximately 240 men who remain imprisoned at the U.S. Naval Base at Guant...
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