January 21, 2021... After a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol last week left five dead and dozens more injured, many have taken issue with the police response. Capitol Police didn’t aggressively confront protesters...
February 18, 2021...A coalition of more than 40 advocacy groups is calling on President Joe Biden to take executive action imposing a moratorium on U.S. government use of facial recognition and other biometric...
March 5, 2021...Angered over the ICC’s probe into possible war crimes committed by US troops in Afghanistan, Trump authorized asset freezes and travel bans against ICC officials and their families last year. The...
August 5, 2022... I chose this website for more clarity on #BlackAugust. Here’s an excerpt from the Center for Constitutional Rights. Black August honors the freedom fighters, especially those inside the walls of...
August 2, 2023... A federal judge has again refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former Abu Ghraib inmates against a military contractor they accuse of being complicit in torture at the infamous Iraqi prison...
September 29, 2023...The former president of Bolivia, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, and his former defense minister have agreed to pay damages to the families of eight people killed during a 2003 massacre in the largely...
Join Corporate Accountability Lab for a two-part series on 2023 developments in human rights litigation! Counsel behind this year’s big cases will join the event to discuss recent opinions and...
Updated: November 1, 2023
Join Corporate Accountability Lab for a two-part series on 2023 developments in human rights litigation! Counsel behind this year’s big cases will join the event to discuss recent opinions and...
Updated: November 1, 2023
October 31, 2007, New York, NY – The Center for Constitutional Rights and co-counsel issued a statement today in response to the news that the State Department had promised the employees of...
January 18, 2017Today, CCR Senior Staff Attorney Rachel Meeropol is arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court in CCR’s case, Ziglar v. Abbasi (formerly Turkmen v. Ashcroft ) . Filed against Bush administration officials...
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