Three CCR staff will present at three different workshop sessions happening at the same time on Saturday, February 23rd from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. The Rebellious Lawyering (RebLaw) Conference is an...
Updated: February 21, 2013
On Friday, May 10, CCR has an important oral argument in our case against private military contractor CACI for torture at Abu Ghraib. CACI seeks dismissal of Plaintiffs’ Alien Tort Statute (...
Updated: May 7, 2013
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Katherine Gallagher will give a talk as part of the San Diego State University Charles W. Hostler Institute on World Affairs Lecture Series titled, "Making the World...
Updated: March 7, 2014
On Tuesday, March 18, CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy and co-counsel from Patterson Belknap Webb and Tyler have an important oral argument in our case against private military contractor CACI for...
Updated: March 17, 2014
CCR and Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute invite you to join us for this important discussion. The program will focus on the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) as a tool for seeking accountability for...
Updated: April 17, 2014
In the depths of the Sonora Desert an unidentified body is found decomposing under the hot sun. The only marker is an exposed tattoo that reads “Dayani Cristal”. Join the Bertha Justice...
Updated: September 8, 2014
On November 10, 1995, nine Ogoni leaders (the “Ogoni 9”) were executed by the Nigerian government after being falsely accused of murder and tried by a specially created military tribunal. Those...
Updated: January 22, 2008
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 popular opposition to...
Updated: March 24, 2009
Q: Why should we lower the rates? If people in prison don’t want expensive calls, they should not break the law. A: People in prison do not pay for the collect calls. That burden falls to the...
Updated: January 11, 2010
Since 1999, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has been fighting on the ground and in the courts to end the exploitative telephone contract between New York State and MCI/Verizon which...
Updated: January 11, 2010
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