But Possibility to Prove Liability of Prison Administrators Remains June 19, 2017, Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a federal appeals court ruling that former high-level Bush...
October 22, 2021...As Common Dreams reported , civil rights attorneys earlier this year accused DHS of "crimes against humanity" before and during the so-called "death flights," in which Cameroonians and other...
Attorneys: Obama must follow through promptly with release August 11, 2016, Arlington, VA – Today, a Periodic Review Board (PRB) made public its decision to clear Guantánamo detainee Sufyian Barhoumi...
Originally published on Thursday, December 23, 2010 by CommonDreams.org The right to liberty is one of the foundation rights of a free people. The idea that any US President can bypass Congress and...
Updated: December 23, 2010
August 5, 2015, New York – Today, in response to the publication of “ Towards the Closure of Guantanamo ,” a report issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Center for...
November 16, 2023...Katherine Gallagher, a senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, said the U.S. has a clear and binding obligation to prevent genocide under Article 1 of the Genocide Convention,...
May 11, 2016Legendary human rights lawyer Michael Ratner passed away of cancer on Wednesday at age 72. Ratner was the president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights , a nonprofit legal organization...
November 21, 2019... In a statement, the Center for Constitutional Rights condemned the U.S. decision. "This is a naked violation of basic international human rights and humanitarian law," the advocacy group said. "...
February 17, 2011, New York, Geneva – Over one year after a group of 60 individuals petitioned United Nations officials to stop the desecration and destruction of an ancient Muslim cemetery in...
Click here for link to PDF version of testimony. TESTIMONY OF DARIUS CHARNEY CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO THE NEW YORK CITY CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD REGARDING THE NEW YORK POLICE...
Updated: January 16, 2021
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