“It is enough that we tried and didn’t remain silent. We might not have received justice yet in our just case today, but what is more important is that we made it to trial and spoke up so the world...
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Introduction | About the Authors | Table of Contents | How to Order the Book | Find Documents | Updates INTRODUCTION This in an excerpt from the Introduction of International Human Rights Litigation...
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The Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled a hearing on December 7, 2021, to examine the situation at the Guantanamo Bay prison twenty years after its opening and the path toward closure. Statements...
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Latinx Heritage Month: Empire, Erasure, and Revolution This month, we honor the popular movements in Central and South America and in the Caribbean fighting against U.S. intervention that have...
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At the Center for Constitutional Rights, we’ve developed a distinctive set of tools and strategies that mine the fine veins of principles that are justice-enabling, use litigation strategically to...
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UPDATE: On February 2, 2023, Majid Khan was transferred to Belize. Read our press release about the transfer, and his statement . Majid Khan was born in Saudi Arabia in February 1980. A citizen of...
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LITIGATION Al Shimari v. CACI is a federal lawsuit brought by four Iraqi torture victims against private US-based contractor CACI International Inc., and CACI Premier Technology, Inc. It asserts that...
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Legal Glossary Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) , also known as Alien Tort Statute (ATS) – The Alien Tort Claims Act is a federal statute from 1789 that allows foreign victims of international...
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