December 17, 2010, Washington, DC– Attorneys are no longer required to seek permission from the government to provide uncompensated representation to individuals the government has placed on a...
On Tuesday, in an extremely troubling ruling in the District Court in Washington D.C., Judge John D. Bates dismissed a lawsuit contesting what is described as President Obama’s “targeted...
A judge threw a "unique and extraordinary" lawsuit out of court Tuesday, leaving open the question of whether the U.S. government can legally target American citizens for death abroad...
December 10, 2010, New York – Yesterday, Judge Shira A. Scheindlin ruled in favor of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic of...
December 7, 2010, New York – In response to the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: As a human rights...
December 7, 2010 WASHINGTON – A federal court today acknowledged the serious issues raised by a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s targeted killing policy, but dismissed the...
Tribunal on Social Exclusion Celebrating World Dignity Day (Dec 3 rd ) & 10 Days of Action on Social Exclusion (Dec 1 st - 10 th ) Thursday, December 9 th – 3:30-6p.m. Church Center for the...
November 29, 2010, New York, NY — In response to reports of a criminal investigation into the release of thousands of classified United States files and military documents by Wikileaks in July...
Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, thenDefense secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Congress in 2004 that he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who...
