March 19, 2013, Washington, D.C. – Today, on the 10-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, a group of U.S. veterans of the Iraq war and two Iraqi organizations launched the “Right to...
January 11, 2014, Washington, D.C. – Today marks the 12th anniversary of the arrival of the first men to be detained without charge at Guantánamo. Human rights and civil liberties groups...
In the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which the United States ratified in 1994, torture is defined as "any act by which...
Updated: January 11, 2010
Royal Dutch Shell, plc (Shell) began oil production in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in 1958 and has a long history of working closely with the Nigerian government to quell popular opposition to...
Updated: July 21, 2010
The principle of universal jurisdiction allows the national authorities of any state to investigate and prosecute people for serious international crimes even if they were committed in another...
Updated: September 8, 2021
Get the Facts: Suit Seeks Accountability for Killings of Three Americans in U.S. Drone Strikes Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta What are “targeted killings” and when are they illegal? Since 2001, and...
Updated: July 17, 2013
An Uncompromising Voice for Justice Haiti's Revolutionary Priest Gerard Jean-Juste: Presente! By BILL QUIGLEY Though Haitian priest Father Gerard Jean-Juste died May 27, 2009, at age 62, in Miami...
Updated: January 11, 2010
April 3, 2010Today in New York City, the U.S. is torturing a Muslim detainee with no prior criminal record who has not even gone to trial.
Updated: April 5, 2010
One year ago, on June 28, 2009, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was awakened by gunfire. A coup was carried out by US-trained military officers, including graduates of the infamous US Army School of...
Updated: June 30, 2010
By Sunita Patel, Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights and Scott Paltrowitz, Volunteer Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer equated...
Updated: November 10, 2011
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