In this case, an employee of the state of Nevada sued his state employer in federal court, claiming a violation of the FMLA. The lower court held that the suit was barred by the Eleventh Amendment,...
Updated: October 22, 2007
With the release of the Senate CIA Torture Report earlier this month, the torture debate is going strong. Despite President Obama’s admission that “we crossed a line” and “...
Updated: January 2, 2015
Center for Constitutional Rights Advocacy Program Manager Aliya Hussain , Senior Managing Attorney Shayana Kadidal , and Senior Attorney Wells Dixon answer questions about the state of Guantánamo...
Updated: February 16, 2022
A class action lawsuit brought against the former Head of the IDF Army Intelligence, which charges that the defendant's participation in the shelling of a UN compound in Qana, Lebanon constitutes war...
Updated: September 26, 2018
Salas v. United States is a case in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) brought charges against the United States for the 1989 illegal invasion of Panama and subsequent human rights...
Updated: October 9, 2007
Ten years after the first publication of photos from inside the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Democracy Now! spoke to Al Jazeera journalist and Al Shimari v CACI plaintiff Salah Hassan about his torture...
Updated: September 8, 2021
May 5, 2024... Baher Azmy , legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and lead counsel for the plaintiffs said, “We are of course disappointed by the jury’s failure to reach a unanimous verdict in...
The filing comes after the government failed to respond to a FOIA request demanding urgent transparency over President Trump’s illegal strikes December 9, 2025, New York – The American Civil...
Settlement preserves landmark 2018 verdict; ex-president and defense minister to compensate families of people killed by military [ En Español Abajo] September 28, 2023 – Bolivia’s former president...
A case brought under the Alien Tort Statute for extrajudicial killing and persecution on behalf of the parents of Isis Obed Murillo, in partnership with El Comité de Familiares de Detenidos...
Updated: December 30, 2014
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