November 20, 2017On Nov. 3, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) informed the court’s Pre-Trial Chamber, “[T]here is a reasonable basis to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity...
Judge Rejects Latest Efforts by Private Contractor to Have Case Dismissed February 27, 2019, Alexandria, VA – Today, a federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by survivors of torture at the...
October 5, 2023...So far, the only lawsuits able to advance have targeted military contractors. Those cases, too, face considerable obstacles. One such case, Al Shimari et al. v. CACI , has been slowly making its...
September 11, 2020The post-9/11 era has defined nearly every aspect of the 21st century. Its most striking ideologies, laws, and policies -- boundless executive powers, a secret and global torture program, indefinite...
October 19, 2011, Surrey, BC —Tomorrow, four individuals who allege they were tortured during George W. Bush’s tenure as president of the United States will lodge a private prosecution in...
January 12, 2024...Today marks 22 years since the first set of detainees arrived at Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. military base in Cuba. The camp, in the George W. Bush administration’s telling, fell outside of the normal...
Since the June 28, 2009 military coup d’etat that ousted President Manuel Zelaya, CCR has been involved in advocacy aimed to address systemic human rights violations in Honduras. CCR has advocated...
Updated: February 6, 2013
February 14, 2017 The Center for Constitutional Rights (“CCR”) urges New York state legislators to support proposed legislation ( A.5617 ). This bill is an important step to codify and strengthen the...
Updated: February 16, 2017
Washington, November 1, 2012 – This morning CCR scored a major victory in our long running effort to hold private military contractors responsible for their role in the torture and war crimes...
Updated: December 20, 2012
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