Justice and Accountability for Torture Please join Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney Katherine Gallagher and Temple Law Professor David Kairys for a discussion of justice and...
Updated: March 5, 2009
December 10, 2008, New York – Today the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a post-9/11 detainee’s challenge to former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director...
September 22, 2017, Alexandria, VA – Today, a Virginia federal court ruled that three Iraqi individuals formerly detained at the infamous “hard site” at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were subjected...
“This victory isn’t only for the three plaintiffs in this case against a corporation. This victory is a shining light for everyone who has been oppressed and a strong warning to any company or...
Updated: September 3, 2025
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Updated: December 17, 2010
June 14, 2010, New York – Today, the United States Supreme Court decided not to hear the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) case on behalf of Canadian citizen Maher Arar against U.S...
June 10, 2014, Washington, DC – A federal appeals court today dismissed a civil lawsuit brought by six men formerly held at Guantánamo who were wrongly detained and abused while at the...
Post-9/11, the Bush administration has expanded the use of the state secrets privilege (SSP) to withhold evidence and dismiss cases that challenge the administration in U.S. courts. In doing so, the...
Updated: January 11, 2010
October 31, 2016This post originally appeared on the Open Society Foundations website . “It is beyond the power of even the president to declare [torture] lawful,” wrote Judge Henry Floyd on October 21. These words...
February 21, 2014, Washington, DC – A federal appeals court heard argument today on a civil lawsuit brought by six men formerly held at Guantánamo who were wrongly detained and abused...
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