December 11, 2020...“Being a woman in a men’s prison is a nightmare,” Diamond said in a statement. “I’ve been stripped of my identity. I never feel safe. Never. I experience sexual harassment on a daily basis, and...
March 20, 2024...Lee remains determined not to die in prison. In 2016, the court assigned him an attorney to assist with his post-conviction appeal. In Pennsylvania, a person must file a notice for appeal within...
May 28, 2026Baher Azmy, the legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and one of the lead lawyers in Floyd, has joined F.J.L.C.’s legal team for the seizure lawsuit. (Melissa Friedman, a leading...
Join CCR attorney Maria Lahood for a lunchtime talk on "Litigating Human Rights: Can Claims Involving Israeli Violations Be Brought in U.S. Courts?" Maria will be speaking at the Leitner...
Updated: January 17, 2008
Please join CCR Senior Staff Attorney Katie Gallagher for a panel discussion at The 39th Annual Wolfgang Friedmann Conference honoring the 2003 Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi. Katie will speak...
Updated: March 26, 2013
On publication of contributing editor Scott Horton's report, "Justice After Bush" in the December issue of Harper's Magazine, a panel of legal experts will discuss the methods available to...
Updated: November 26, 2008
June 6, 2015Anyone who had the time to read the summary of the 6,700-page report by Senate investigators on the federal government’s program of torturing detainees captured after the Sept. 11 attacks knew, or at...
June 22, 2015In a bid to open criminal proceedings against Israel for its 50-day-long attack on Gaza that left thousands dead last summer, the Palestinian Authority is expected to submit its first file to the...
September 1, 2015Marking a significant victory in the struggle to end solitary confinement in the United States, a landmark legal settlement filed in federal court on Tuesday effectively ends the practice of...
October 13, 2015A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department's post-9/11 surveillance of Muslim religious and civic groups, comparing the program to other dark...
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