Deophister Uffer is the Finance Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. She has over 17 years of experience managing the financial activities of non-profit organizations and local...
July 30, 2015Eleven years ago, when I was arrested along with six other animal activists on domestic terrorism charges , I was already tired of looking for lawyers. The campaign I was working on, Stop Huntingdon...
May 1, 2024This was the first time that victims of the United States’ post-9/11 torture testified in a U.S. courtroom
July 11, 2024At every turn, this Court defers to power at the expense of pluralism, individual freedom, and democracy
Challenging the rendition to torture in Syria of Canadian citizen Maher Arar by U.S. government officials. [Past Case]
Updated: August 11, 2021
CCR joined 238 national and state immigration and civil human rights organizations, law offices, educational institutions, elected officials, and faith-based groups in signing this letter to...
Updated: September 27, 2017
May 22, 2013, New York – In response to news today that the Department of Justice has acknowledged killing four Americans in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan, the Center for Constitutional...
December 26, New York – In response to President Obama’s signing, today, of the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following...
The Center for Constitutional Rights and Adalah Justice Project invite you to join a “power hour” movement conversation with our attorneys and Palestinian clients who recently filed a...
Updated: November 15, 2023
In the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which the United States ratified in 1994, torture is defined as "any act by which...
Updated: January 11, 2010
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