Center for Constitutional Rights ● Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute With the CO-SPONSORSHIP OF the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE IN PRACTICE:...
Updated: September 21, 2011
The U.S. 'War on Drugs' and 'War on Terror' have produced a parallel system of state violence and social control, manifested through unjust prosecutions and the mass incarceration of people of color...
Updated: April 18, 2013
September 2014Iraq veterans joined by human rights lawyers filed a Freedom of Information Act request on Thursday with the U.S. Department of Defense and the State Department over its use of depleted uranium...
June 25, 2015Well over a decade after the United States’ 2003 invasion of Iraq, the effects of war linger. The trauma of war is compounded by the conflict between ISIS and local militias; women’s rights are...
May 12, 2016, Richmond, VA – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights is arguing that the well-established torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and a private military contractor’s role in that...
January 11, 2018This morning, CCR filed the first major legal challenge to Trump’s Guantánamo policy, which we announced at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. A rally outside the White...
The part-time Temporary Events and Advocacy Associate will support logistical coordination for upcoming Center for Constitutional Rights advocacy events, including a series on the 20th anniversary of...
Updated: December 17, 2021
December 7, 2021, Washington, D.C. — In response to today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, “Closing Guantanamo: 20 Years of Injustice,” the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents men...
Still suffering effects of CIA abuse, Guled Duran is one of many stranded at Gitmo due to inaction by courts, Biden admin November 7, 2022, Washington, D.C. – A Somali man held without charge at...
Testimonies to the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Expose Water Inequality and Demand Immediate Action to Address Infrastructure and Discriminatory Funding Practices March 22, 2024 – In recognition...
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