What is Michael Ratner?
[[File:Michael ratner2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Michael Ratner in front of the US Supreme Court]] '''Michael Ratner''' (1943 – May 11, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] [[lawyer]]. He was the President Emeritus of the [[Center for Constitutional Rights]] (CCR) and president of the [[European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights]] (ECCHR). Ratner was known for his human rights activism. He was known as representing the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo Bay]] prisoners in the [[United States Supreme Court]], where, in June 2004, the court decided his clients have the right to test the legality of their detentions in court. Ratner died from complications of [[cancer]] on May 11, 2016, aged 72.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/us/michael-ratner-lawyer-who-won-rights-for-guantanamo-prisoners-dies-at-72.html?_r=0 New York Times]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ratner, Michael}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from cancer]] [[Category:Lawyers from New York City]] [[Category:Educators from New York City]] [[Category:American human rights activists]]