Baher Azmy

Baher Azmy is the Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. He has pursued constitutional and human rights litigation challenging policies emerging from the so-called ‘war on terror,’ including policies related to indefinite executive detention, extraordinary rendition, and torture. He has also authored legal briefs in the Courts of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court on various human rights and international law issues, and has produced substantial scholarship on issues related to access to justice.