This week the Center for Constitutional Rights appealed the dismissal of Al Shimari v. CACI , a case brought in 2008 on behalf of four Iraqi civilians against private military contractor CACI Premier...
Trip planned to witness human rights situation in Israel and Palestine May 1, 2018, Tel Aviv and New York – Vincent Warren , executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), and...
January 7, 2013, Springfield, MA –A federal judge heard arguments today in a case charging that Massachusetts leader Scott Lively’s actions in anti-gay efforts in Uganda constitute...
May 24, 20011, Washington, D.C. – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) today launched a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking immediate release of documents that the United States...
This post originally appeared on the Open Society Foundations website . “It is beyond the power of even the president to declare [torture] lawful,” wrote Judge Henry Floyd on October 21. These words...
Horrific Treatment of Victims Constitutes Torture and War Crimes February 21, 2018, Alexandria, VA – Today, a Virginia federal judge ruled that the treatment of three Iraqi individuals formerly...
"Lawyers for a professor who contends he was wrongly denied a position at the University of Illinois argue that the school had a binding contract with him when it told him he wouldn't get the job,...
Two weeks ago, on the 102nd anniversary of the Haitian Revolution, I attended the Black Alliance for Just Immigration’s (BAJI) Black-centered delegation to the U.S. Southern border in San Diego,...
The Facilities and Office Services Manager, under the direction of the Director of Operations (DO), has primary responsibility for day-to-day oversight of facilities and office services, and for the...
Groups tell Expert Mechanism on Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement: Life imprisonment violates human rights, including bans on torture and racial discrimination April 28, 2023 – Amid the...
