Please join the No Separate Justice (NSJ) campaign on Monday, August 4, 2014 as we remember Yassin Aref on the ten-year anniversary of his arrest by the federal government. CCR Senior Staff Attorney...
Updated: July 31, 2014
January 10, New York, The Hague – In support of South Africa’s case before the International Court of Justice this week charging Israel with genocide, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the...
October 21, 2016 Richmond, VA – Today, a panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit against private military contractor CACI Premier Technology, Inc. (CACI) for the corporation...
November 2013Her integrity has been unfairly smeared in the wake of the stop-and-frisk ruling Last Thursday, three federal appeals court judges removed Judge Shira Scheindlin from the well- known stop-and-frisk...
December 11, 2015, New York – Today, in a case brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reconsider a historic ruling by a three-judge...
On Monday, October 18, 2021, join the Center for Constitutional Rights for an appellate argument in the D.C. Court of Appeals in the case Aref v. Garland . This case was filed in the U.S...
Updated: October 6, 2021
May 24, 2010, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted an important exhibit with a brief to the Supreme Court in the case of Canadian citizen and rendition victim...
New York, June 3, 2009 – Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the District Court decision dismissing the Wiwa v. Shell plaintiffs’ claims against Shell Petroleum Development Company...
A Brief history of the Alien Tort Statute Adopted as part of the Judiciary Act of 1789, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) has been part of U.S. law for more than 200 years, and allows non-U.S. citizens to...
Updated: February 6, 2017
Cable 09MADRID347 View and download this entire cable here 09MADRID347 “Spain: Prosecutor Weighs GTMO Criminal Case vs. Former USG [U.S. Government] Officials.” Date of cable: April 1,...
Updated: December 18, 2010
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