The Invasion of Iraq & Torture and Abuse at Abu Ghraib In March 2003, the United States unlawfully invaded Iraq using a false claim that Iraq had developed “weapons of mass destruction” to...
Updated: September 3, 2025
In 1993, CCR and co-counsel sued Radovan Karadžić for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity – including the campaign of rape and other sexual violence as a form of torture and genocide...
Updated: September 19, 2016
Join human rights activists, torture survivors, Guantánamo attorneys, 9-11 family members, ex-military officials, and members of diverse faith communities in Washington, D.C. on January 11,...
Updated: January 10, 2015
July 30, 2009, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement in support of the launch of the Guantanamo Justice Center , a new Geneva-based nongovernmental...
The Case Against Shell 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...
Updated: July 22, 2010
March 5, 2021, New York – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights urged a federal court to deny the Biden administration’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit over alleged torture under...
December 1, 2009, New York, NY - CCR filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit seeking accountability for American and German corporations who allegedly assisted the South African Apartheid...
Calls Government-Imposed Separation “Most Cruel of All Cruelties” October 15, 2018, New York — Today, a federal judge ordered the immediate reunification of an immigrant father and his two-year-old...
June 23, 2015It is well-known that the United States incarcerates more people than any other country. While the US makes up only 5% of the global population, it holds a quarter of the world's prisoners. The US’s...
December 23, 2020, New York – In response to Uganda’s detention of four human rights defenders, including attorney Nicholas Opiyo, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement...
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