... Rights groups have called on the Biden administration to investigate crimes committed in Gaza as potential violations of US law. Ahead of the trip to the US last week of the Israeli prime...
A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a lawsuit filed by four former inmates of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, who say they were tortured by civilian military contractors. The lawsuit, which has...
July 18, 2024, New York – In response to reports that Columbia University may fire or otherwise seriously sanction our former board chair, Katherine Franke, the Center for Constitutional Rights Board...
Human Rights Watch official’s deportation order comes just over a week after CCR’s Executive Director and Board Chair were both detained and deported May 8, 2018, New York, NY – In response to the...
I’ve written extensively about the important and complex legal questions raised by state-law tort suits against private military contractors, many of which have arisen in the context of suits by...
Thursday at 2-3:30p.m. at the AIA Convention and later that same evening at the Boston Architectural Center. Program Summary: The AIA Code of Ethics states "architects should uphold human rights...
October 28, 2009, New York – The following quote can be attributed to Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vincent Warren in response to President Obama’s signing of new...
Last week, CCR co-hosted a convening of lawyers, activists, and academics from the United States and South Africa, together with our partners at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (...
Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights "The Role of Accountability in Protecting Human Rights and National Security" WHEN: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. WHERE: Georgetown...
Alejandra Ancheita, founder and Executive Director of the Mexico City-based NGO ProDESC (The Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Project), is a Mexican lawyer and activist and a leader of the human...
