July 30, 2010, New York - A group of 72 Iraqi citizens who allege they were tortured while imprisoned at detention facilities across Iraq can continue with their lawsuit against military contractor L...
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...
September 22, 2017, Alexandria, VA – Today, a Virginia federal court ruled that three Iraqi individuals formerly detained at the infamous “hard site” at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were subjected...
Despite the health professions’ universally recognized duty to do no harm, doctors and psychologists have played a key role in the U.S. government’s policy of torture in its overseas prisons. They...
Updated: August 13, 2015
July 19, 2011, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement today support of the hunger strikers at the Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit: "The Center for...
Please join CCR for an important hearing in our case, Al Shimari v. CACI , a federal lawsuit brought in 2008 on behalf of Iraqi torture victims against U.S. government contractor CACI Premier...
Updated: September 18, 2017
A challenge to corporate impunity of private military contractors under the Alien Tort Statute for war crimes and torture at Abu Ghraib prison.
Updated: May 5, 2026
June 22, 2017 To: Chairman John Thune Ranking Member Bill Nelson Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation CC: All Other Senators We write to express our serious concerns regarding the...
Updated: June 27, 2017
*Updated March 2017* Download this factsheet as a PDF. What is Solitary Confinement? Today, tens of thousands of individuals across the country are detained in near-total solitude for between 22 and...
Updated: March 15, 2018
Military Lawyer Who Led Effort Against Unlawful Interrogation at Guantánamo Among Amicus Parties September 29, Richmond, VA – Last evening, six amicus briefs were filed with the Fourth Circuit Court...
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