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Vincent Warren - American Civil Rights Lawyer

Vincent Warren is the Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Warren oversees CCR's litigation and advocacy work, which includes using international and domestic law to hold corporations and government officials accountable for human rights abuses; challenging racial, gender and LGBT injustice; and combating the illegal expansion of U.S. presidential power and policies such as illegal detention at Guantanamo, rendition, and torture.

Prior to his tenure at CCR, Warren was a national senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, where he litigated civil rights cases, focusing on affirmative action, racial profiling, and criminal justice reform. He was also involved in monitoring South Africa's historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, and worked as a criminal defense attorney for the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn.

Warren is a graduate of Haverford College and Rutgers School of Law.

Warren is a frequent guest on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry Show, The Reid Report, and Up with Chris Hayes, and has appeared on Moyers & Company with Bill Moyers. His writing has been featured in the New York Times Room for Debate, on the Huffington Post, and on CNN.com, among many publications.

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https://ccrjustice.org/home/who-we-are/staff/warren-vincent http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vincent-warren/war-is-not-the-answer_b_8584686.html http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/11/25/does-ferguson-show-that-cops-who-kill-get-off-too-easily/structural-and-institutional-racism-exists-within-police-forces