On November 14 th , 2013, the CCR and Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute hosted an important CLE program on Alien Tort Statute (ATS). The program focused on the use of the ATS as a tool for...
Updated: March 20, 2014
In the last three and a half years of my life, I have been fortunate enough to not only witness huge strides in the movement to end child sexual abuse but to have become a part of it. History is...
Updated: April 29, 2014
This year's Bertha Justice Conference will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer by profiling global and domestic models of "movement lawyering"--lawyers and organizers working...
Updated: August 13, 2014
Since 9/11, the United States has not only detained thousands of people without charge in the name of a global “war” against Al Qaeda, the Taliban and “associated forces,” but...
Updated: September 25, 2014
Updated: October 8, 2014
Applications are now open for Summer 2017 Ella Baker Internships. If you are a 2L, you must upload your application by October 16, 2016. 1L applicants must upload their applications by December 16,...
Updated: October 21, 2016
CCR has a strong practice of engaging with international human rights bodies to bring attention to our issues and uplift the experiences of those most impacted by the U.S. government’s failures to...
Updated: March 18, 2016
الفيلم الوثائقي مفطر القلب "في انتظار فهد،" يحكي قصة احد موكلي مركز الحقوق الدستوريه (CCR)، فهد غازي ، وهو مواطن يمني معتقل في غوانتانامو بصورة غير قانونية منذ كان عمره 17 عاما والذي يبلغ...
Updated: December 8, 2014
The heartrending documentary “Waiting for Fahd,” tells the story of CCR client Fahd Ghazy, a Yemeni national unlawfully detained at Guantánamo since he was 17..
Updated: September 4, 2021
Back to the film Thanksgiving, 2014 To begin, please forgive me for not saying the right things or making the right points. There are different cultures between us and many different experiences. It...
Updated: January 14, 2016
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