Stephanie Llanes is a Bertha Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works in the Government Misconduct Racial Justice docket. Stephanie earned her J.D. from UC Berkeley...
Since the June 28, 2009 military coup d’etat that ousted President Manuel Zelaya, CCR has been involved in advocacy aimed to address systemic human rights violations in Honduras. CCR has advocated...
Updated: February 6, 2013
New York, April 23, 2009— This afternoon, Judge Kimba Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected Royal Dutch Shell’s motion to dismiss a human rights case charging...
Artist and printmaker Daniel Heyman has sketched many Iraqi torture victims. Daniels artistry makes its return to New York City in this thought provoking exibition: Close Encounters: Acts of A Social...
Updated: June 25, 2009
May 4, 2010, Washington, DC – Today Councilmembers Phil Mendelson, Jim Graham introduced the “Secure Communities Act of 2010” with the unanimous support of the Council. This is a...
July 1, 2015Steven Salaita, the professor suing the University of Illinois for revoking his job last summer, has found a new academic position in Beirut. Salaita will be chair of American Studies at the American...
A challenge to corporate impunity for torture at Abu Ghraib prison.
Updated: September 8, 2021
CCR's first landmark Supreme Court case establishing the rights of the Guantanamo detainees.
Updated: July 3, 2014
November 11, 2019We denounce Israel's decision to deport Human Rights Watch director Omar Shakir In response to Israel’s Supreme Court decision upholding the order for human rights defender Omar Shakir, of Human...
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