International Indifference to 16 years of a Suffocating Closure of the Gaza Strip and Decades of Israeli Impunity for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Against Palestinians Is Necessary Context...
December 9, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement by CCR Senior Attorney J. Wells Dixon in response to the announcement of a...
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...
Updated: February 19, 2010
The purpose of the April 1st 2009, 60/60 Conference in Strasbourg, France is to discuss the nature and significance of NATO’s commitment to international human rights and the rule of law. In...
Updated: March 20, 2009
See attachments at the bottom of this page for a brief overview of Guantánamo today, and to read the documents indexed below. Index of Exhibits Ex. Description Date A Authorization for Use of...
Updated: February 5, 2013
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
Belton v. Gautreaux is a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of people imprisoned at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in Louisiana. The lawsuit and an accompanying motion for a temporary...
Updated: April 26, 2021
November 11, 2021Mr. Khan’s lawyers expect the Biden administration to fulfill its obligation to transfer their client
February 9, 2021... The letter was spearheaded by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a diverse coalition of more than 220 national organizations committed to promoting and protecting the rights of...
August 2, 2017On July 23, Lufthansa Airlines prevented five members of an interfaith delegation to Israel and Palestine from boarding their flight from Washington, D.C., to Tel Aviv, reportedly following...
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