Get the Facts: Suit Seeks Accountability for Killings of Three Americans in U.S. Drone Strikes Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta What are “targeted killings” and when are they illegal? Since 2001, and...
Updated: July 17, 2013
March 7, 2023Those targeted by the suit included our client Dr. Steven Salaita
Litigation Represents Broadest Challenge to Government’s Attempt to Redefine Longstanding Definition of “Public Charge” December 19, 2019, New York– Today, immigrant rights advocates in New York...
Testimonies to the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Expose Water Inequality and Demand Immediate Action to Address Infrastructure and Discriminatory Funding Practices March 22, 2024 – In recognition...
November 5, 2018Incidents will not stop until hate stops We extend our deepest condolences to the families of those who were murdered and the communities that have been terrorized. These shootings are inextricable...
FOIA request seeking information on controversial immigration detention bed quotas.
Updated: December 3, 2019
From the height of the Civil Rights movement to the depths of Bush's war on the U.S. Constitution and fundamental human decency, the cases CCR has litigated have made legal history and emboldened...
Updated: November 7, 2008
NO IMMUNITY FOR GAZA WAR CRIMES! PACK THE COURTS In 2002, former Director of Israel's General Security Service Avi Dichter planned and directed the dropping of a one-ton bomb on an apartment building...
Updated: January 8, 2009
October 23, 2024 , San Diego, CA – Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals largely affirmed a lower court decision that held unlawful the government’s systematic turnbacks – or “metering” – of...
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
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