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CCR’s Key Civil Rights and Human Rights Fights of 2016

January 11, 2016

As we begin a new year fighting for justice (our 50 th !), we’d like to thank the thousands of CCR supporters and donors who helped make last year’s victories possible and who, through their...

Guantanamo, torture, Palestine, LGBTQI, stop and frisk

Courts Must Not Tiptoe Around Torture-Tainted Evidence

November 16, 2015

A few months ago, we told you about a troubling under-the-radar ruling in Munoz Santos v. Thomas , a case challenging the extradition of Jose Munoz Santos, a Mexican national, based on the testimony...

torture

Torture Is Not a Political Question

September 23, 2015

This week the Center for Constitutional Rights appealed the dismissal of Al Shimari v. CACI , a case brought in 2008 on behalf of four Iraqi civilians against private military contractor CACI Premier...

torture, corporate accountability

Six Things the UN Thinks Pope Francis Should Do To End Sexual Violence in the Church

September 22, 2015

Pope Francis is visiting the U.S. this week, including a stop at the United Nations in New York on Friday. He has been roundly praised for his pronouncements on climate change , economic inequality...

torture, sexual violence

13 Years on, the Fight to Hold Bush Officials Accountable for Post-9/11 Abuses Continues

September 15, 2015

Back in June, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals handed a stinging rebuke to the federal government and a significant victory to CCR and our clients in Turkmen v. Ashcroft , a case we brought over...

torture

Canada Charges Syrian Officer Who Oversaw Torture of CCR Client Maher Arar

September 8, 2015

Thirteen years after he was tortured and held in a Syrian grave-like underground cell for nearly a year, Maher Arar has won a victory in his pursuit of accountability. Last week Canada formally...

torture

Historic Settlement to Reform CA Solitary Confinement

September 1, 2015

The nationwide movement to end solitary confinement is growing – even attracting the attention of a Supreme Court justice – and today it took a significant step forward. CCR and the State of...

torture, solitary confinement

Solitary Confinement: A “Social Death” – NYT on “Shocking” Data from CCR Case

August 4, 2015

Today’s New York Times science section features a front-page piece about the research that CCR commissioned and compiled for our ground-breaking challenge to long-term solitary confinement. “...

torture, solitary confinement, prisons

How the UN Can Help Us End Corporate Impunity for Human Rights Abuses

July 13, 2015

[caption align="right"] Delivering statement before UN working group on transnational corporations with respect to human rights.[/caption] I’ve just returned from the inaugural session of a United...

corporate accountability, torture

Taking Trauma Seriously: Torture Orgs File Amicus Brief in Support of Rasmea Odeh

Rally with banner reading "We Demand Justice for Rasmea"

July 2, 2015

By Ella Baker Summer Interns Ruhan Nagra and Thomas Power The opinions of internationally recognized torture experts will be considered in the Sixth Circuit appeal of 67-year-old Palestinian American...

torture, Palestine

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CCR’s Key Civil Rights and Human Rights Fights of 2016

Courts Must Not Tiptoe Around Torture-Tainted Evidence

Torture Is Not a Political Question

Six Things the UN Thinks Pope Francis Should Do To End Sexual Violence in the Church

13 Years on, the Fight to Hold Bush Officials Accountable for Post-9/11 Abuses Continues

Canada Charges Syrian Officer Who Oversaw Torture of CCR Client Maher Arar

Historic Settlement to Reform CA Solitary Confinement

Solitary Confinement: A “Social Death” – NYT on “Shocking” Data from CCR Case

How the UN Can Help Us End Corporate Impunity for Human Rights Abuses

Taking Trauma Seriously: Torture Orgs File Amicus Brief in Support of Rasmea Odeh

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