April 17, 2013, Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a disappointing decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum (Shell) , holding that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) does not...
Detainees released from U.S. detention in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan live shattered lives as a result of U.S. policies in the "war on terror," according to a new report by...
Updated: September 8, 2021
Last week, a motion that Center for Constitutional Rights attorneys filed in the case of former ghost detainee Majid Khan was made public. The heavily redacted motion, which was filed in order to...
On February 26th, 2021, join UCLA Law’s Promise Institute for Human Rights, the Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, and the Corporate Accountability Lab as they host a day-long...
Updated: February 19, 2021
September 2, 2011, New York – In anticipation of the expected release today of the Report of the Secretary-General’s Panel of Inquiry on the 31 May 2010 Flotilla Incident , which was...
Mohammed Abushanab has been detained for 17 months even though an immigration judge granted him relief from deportation December 11, 2025, New York – Mohammed Abushanab, a 27-year-old Palestinian...
September 15, 2009, New York – In response to today’s release of a report by an independent Fact Finding Mission established by the United Nations Human Rights Council on the December...
A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE PRIVATE MILITARY INDUSTRY IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN AND AFRICA OCTOBER 27, 2009 6 PM True Reformer Building : 1200 U Street, NW, Washington, DC • 6pm: The Detainee Project photo...
Updated: October 12, 2009
August 6, 2009, Ottawa and New York – Human rights organizations are calling on the Canadian government to investigate retired U.S. Army colonel and psychologist Dr. Larry C. James, a former...
October 6, 2023, New York – In advance of Monday’s holiday, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: From our offices on Lenape territory in lower Manhattan , we stand in...
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