April 14, 2014, New York – Late on Friday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), representing the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), filed a report with the United...
Despite the health professions’ universally recognized duty to do no harm, doctors and psychologists have played a key role in the U.S. government’s policy of torture in its overseas prisons. They...
Updated: August 13, 2015
Please join CCR at International Law Weekend for a panel discussion on the history of solitary confinement in the United States. This panel will feature CCR Staff Attorney Alexis Agathacleous, and...
Updated: October 24, 2012
March 21, 2016Photo credit: US Human Rights Network
Please join CCR for an important hearing in our case, Al Shimari v. CACI , a federal lawsuit brought in 2008 on behalf of Iraqi torture victims against U.S. government contractor CACI Premier...
Updated: September 18, 2017
This report is a product of our united efforts. This report uniquely recounts the experiences of prisoners inside Guantánamo Bay prison. Other reports, for the most part, rely on the...
Updated: January 11, 2010
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...
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 27, 2014 - Today, the UN Human Rights Committee issued highly critical concluding observations on the United States’ compliance with international human rights requirements. CCR had...
This Symposium will bring together leading international and U.S. experts, including former military officials, academics, practitioners, human rights advocates, politicians, journalists, and...
Updated: March 20, 2008
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