Vince Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, discusses how the Alien Tort Statute often provides the only way for a victim of human rights abuses committed abroad to see...
Peter Weiss, Vice President of the Center for Constitutional Rights discusses Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum, in which a group of Nigerians claim that they or their relatives have been the victims of...
The City University of New York Law Review presents, “ Looking Forward: Rhonda Copelon’s Legacy in Action and the Future of International Women’s Human Rights Law .” The...
On Tuesday, February 28, the Supreme Court will hear a challenge brought by 12 Nigerian plaintiffs who say a Shell oil subsidiary aided and abetted acts of murder, rape and systematic torture by the...
February 28, 2012, Washington D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case that will determine whether corporations can be sued in U.S. courts for their complicity in...
Accountability, Transition, and Justice: The Future Challenges for International Criminal Law Seton Hall's Transnational Justice Project will host a panel of four leading scholars and practitioners...
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co . is a lawsuit brought against Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Shell Transport & Trading Co., Plc, and its wholly owned subsidiary Shell Petroleum Development...
Two years ago, the Supreme Court said corporations were like people and had the same free-speech rights to spend unlimited sums on campaigns ads. Now, in a major test of human rights law, the...
Peter Weiss, Vice President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, discusses an upcoming Supreme Court case with many potential ramifications for American and international law, and for corporate...
Friday, March 16 through Sunday, March 18 the Left Forum will host its annual Conference at Pace University in New York City. The theme is Occupy the System: Confronting Global Capitalism . CCR will...
