Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, thenDefense secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Congress in 2004 that he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is excited to partner with the Film Forum on a May 10 screening of The Silence of Others . Pablo de Greiff , former Special Rapporteur on the...
Updated: May 3, 2019
Update: On May 1, 2016, a federal court blocked the Trump administration from terminating Yemen’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) issuing an emergency order to maintain the program’s protections...
Updated: May 13, 2026
Michael Ratner devoted four decades of his life at the Center for Constitutional Rights as a staff attorney, legal director, and board president until his untimely death in 2016. We miss him...
Updated: June 2, 2021
Palestinian citizens face over 65 discriminatory laws, militarized policing, and severe political repression. At the same time, for over 50 years, Israel has maintained a brutal system of military...
Updated: February 20, 2018
ACLU, Center for Constitutional Rights, and UN Human Rights Experts Tell International Panel to Take Immediate Action Before More People Are Killed March 16, 2026, Guatemala City — On Friday, the...
Join us for an insightful look at progress made in 2018 followed by a compelling panel discussion featuring guest panelists: Intersectionality and Our Movements: Why Cross-Movement Collaboration Is...
Updated: January 24, 2019
Ziad Alwan Ziad Alwan is a United States citizen and a Palestinian with West Bank residency. He was born in Ein Yabrud, Palestine, and currently lives in Chicago. Ziad’s family’s land, for which he...
Updated: March 19, 2019
Formal inquiry to U.S. Government follows public effort by Biden administration to block arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Gallant July 16, 2024, New York – Today, the Center...
From the Nuremberg Tribunals to the creation of the International Criminal Court, the field of international justice has experienced an extraordinary evolution within the past 50 years. Come join us...
Updated: February 8, 2008
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