The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change.
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CCR Executive Director Vince Warren and former deputy legal adviser to the CIA's Counterterrorism Center Vicki Divoll in conversation on an episode of the Bill Moyers show.
What's worth fighting for in 2013? It's important to ask ourselves, what are the values that are important to us and what can we do to make an impact?
Watch CCR client Nasser al-Aulaqi talk about the killing of his 16-year-old grandson, Abdulrahman al-Aulaqi, and American citizen, by a U.S. drone in Yemen in 2011. This segment aired worldwide on CNN International.