Pardiss Kebriaei is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where her work encompasses "national security" and criminal justice issues. Current clients include Sharqawi Al...
October 21, 2016A group of Iraqi nationals who were detained at the U.S.-controlled compound at Abu Ghraib in Iraq may proceed with their case against a federal contractor that they claim is largely responsible for...
This is a new position, and an exciting opportunity for an experienced, innovative technologist with a desire to use their expertise for positive social change. The Technology Director (TD) will lead...
Updated: August 22, 2019
On April 16, 2026, the New Orleans City Council voted to approve a controversial law enforcement program known as the “Drone as First Responder” program. The program would launch drones equipped with...
Updated: June 22, 2026
A group of predominantly U.S. Black and Brown social justice leaders - dubbed the #JusticeDelegation - recently returned from Israel/Palestine where they experienced Israel's occupation of Palestine...
Updated: June 1, 2018
May 19, 2023...Pro-Palestinian Democratic socialist lawmakers Zohran Mamdani of Queens and Jabari Brisport of Brooklyn have introduced the “Not on Our Dime!: Ending New York Funding of Israeli Settler Violence...
Lauren Gazzola works in the Center for Constitutional Rights' Communications Department as the Communications Associate for Publications, drafting press releases, opinion pieces, newsletter articles...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the National Lawyers Guild – New York City Chapter (NLG-NYC) sent New York Assembly Members a letter on February 20, 2014 urging them to oppose...
Updated: February 20, 2014
March 6, 2020...Although the United States is not a state party to Rome Statute, the treaty that created the court, American citizens can be subject to its jurisdiction if the court is investigating crimes in...
June 3, 2015The CIA used a wider array of sexual abuse and other forms of torture than was disclosed in a Senate report last year, according to a Guantanamo Bay detainee turned government cooperating witness...
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