Center for Constitutional Rights
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR; dt. Center for Constitutional Rights ) is a non-profit organization that campaigns for the fundamental and human rights and its further development. The organization, based in New York City , USA , was founded in 1966 by the US attorney William Kunstler .
She is guided in her work are the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights .
activities
CCR was best known for its commitment to the basic rights of prisoners in the US internment camp Camp Delta . Mohammed Al-Qahtani and Majid Khan, as well as several other prisoners, are also represented by CCR in court.
On November 30, 2004, CCR filed a criminal complaint against Donald Rumsfeld with the German federal prosecutor's office for war crimes and violations of international law. Public Prosecutor General Kay Nehm rejected the criminal complaint on February 10, 2005 on the grounds that he was not responsible.
In the US, CCR has called for a misconduct charge against US President George W. Bush .
Awards
- In 2005 the CCR received the Law Award from the Index on Censorship organization .
- In 2017 the CCR received the Thomas Merton Award .
See also
Web links
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- ^ "The complaint against Rumsfeld is purely a PR campaign" ( Memento from December 10, 2004 in the Internet Archive ), interview with the international law expert Alexander Lorz, November 30, 2004
- ↑ Federal Prosecutor will not investigate US Defense Minister Rumsfeld , AG Friedensforschung at the University of Kassel
- ↑ CCR: Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Index on Censorship Award Winners 2005 . Retrieved October 7, 2013.
