THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TURNS 60. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights demands respect for the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of...
Updated: December 2, 2008
April 12, 2024...Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world. Now, three survivors of Abu Ghraib...
The full-time Media Associate will provide support for various aspects of the Communications Department and its department director’s work, including the weekly e-newsletter, podcasts, daily social...
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The Center for Constitutional Rights is honored to be awarded the Frederick Douglass Human Rights Award, given annually by the Southern Center for Human Rights to those who have made outstanding...
October 20, 2015A year after he was fired by the University of Illinois over concerns about the “civility” of his criticism of supporters of Israel, Steven Salaita says that, despite the emotional trauma he suffered...
November 5, 2021... “The more I cooperated, the more I was tortured,” said Mr. Khan, shown in a 2018 photo, who is now cooperating with the government. Credit Center for Constitutional Rights In court on Thursday,...
Fordham University has refused to recognize Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) as an official university student club. One of the students involved in the litigation has since graduated from...
Updated: January 2, 2018
June 2, 2015The US Central Intelligence Agency used a wider array of sexual abuse and other forms of torture than was disclosed in a Senate report last year, according to a Guantánamo Bay detainee turned...
January 7, 2019New St. Louis Country prosecutor: "wanteds" practice is uncontitutional In St. Louis and surrounding Missouri counties, police officers have been allowed to issue a "wanted," the equivalent of a...
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