Over the last few years CCR's important work has been honored with numerous awards.
Bill Quigley, Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, was named an honoree at the 2nd Annual Asante Awards and Festival in New Orleans on July 1, 2009. The Asante Awards and Festival is…
Center for Constitutional Rights President, Michael Ratner, received the Courage of Conviction Award from The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) at its ten year anniversary celebration in November 2009. The Courage…
The Center for Constitutional Rights is proud to share with you the news that a much loved member of our community received a much deserved honor: former CCR staff attorney and long standing board member…
Shayana Kadidal, Senior Managing Attorney for Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative, will be honored for his work at the Center for Constitutional Rights by the South Asian Bar Association of New York (SABANY) with the 2009…
CCR recently received the National Peacemaker Award from the Houston Peace and Justice Center. Pardiss Kebriaei, an attorney in CCR's Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative, accepted the award. The Houston-based honorees were The Rothko Chapel, University…
The Democratic Lawyers of Germany, along with the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights, presented CCR President Michael Ratner with the Hans Litten Prize in recognition of his pioneering work on…
The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards honor two IPS colleagues who were murdered on September 21, 1976 by agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. Orlando Letelier, the target of the car bomb attack, was a former…
Founded by Yoko Ono in honor of the peace activism of John Lennon, the $50,000 award is given to two recipients every two years. Past winners have included investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, Israeli artist Zvi…
CCR was honored as the first-ever organization to receive the Raphael Lemkin Human Rights Award. Raphael Lemkin, born to Jewish parents in eastern Poland, was a lawyer who dedicated his life to preserving human rights…
Intended to honor an organization or person whose work represents the League’s radical nonviolent platform of action, the award was first given in 1958 to Jeannette Rankin, the only Congressperson to vote against U.S. entry…
Senior Managing Attorney Shayana Kadidal accepted the award on behalf of the center.
