Who will hold Israel accountable? The answer, so far, is no one. But on this rare trip to the U.S., I am seeing signs that suggest the dam is breaking. The cracks in the dam are coming from civil...
The Center for Constitutional Rights, a New York-based group representing torture victims, denounced the decision as rewarding intimidation. “With its decision today, the International Criminal Court...
January 29, 2009, Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the International Human Rights Law Clinic at the Washington College of Law filed the final brief in a civil...
January 26, 2018, New York – In response to the leak of a State Department cable saying that Trump plans to sign an executive order to keep Guantánamo Bay prison open, the Center for Constitutional...
August 7, 2009, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) responded today to a letter made public from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture to the American Psychological...
Join CCR staff attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez, et al., for a discussion about Guantanamo Bay and the Conscience of Asian American Studies. Talking points include: Defending Detainees: Why, How,...
New York and Washington, February 22, 2010 —New FOIA documents illustrate that key congressional members from both houses were briefed numerous times about the Central Intelligence Agency...
January 11, 2008 – On the sixth anniversary of the imprisonment of detainees at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today dismissed...
...The Center for Constitutional Rights points out that zero tolerance “is meant to be cruel…to punish families. It is intentionally inhumane.” The Southern Poverty Law Center states “the...
ICC affirms Palstinian statehood & self-determination In response to a decision issued by the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court last week, recognizing that the territory of...
