The Center for Constitutional Rights has assembled this fact sheet examining the death penalty in the United States from a human rights perspective.
Updated: May 16, 2012
The Alien Tort Statute (ATS), also known as the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), is a powerful legal tool that allows foreign victims of human rights abuse to seek civil remedies in U.S. courts. It has...
Updated: September 24, 2012
A Brief history of the Alien Tort Statute Adopted as part of the Judiciary Act of 1789, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) has been part of U.S. law for more than 200 years, and allows non-U.S. citizens to...
Updated: February 6, 2017
Click here for a printable version of the factsheet . The release of the photographs and video documenting horrific torture of Iraqi prisoners detained by the U.S. at Abu Ghraib drew demands for...
Updated: September 8, 2021
Download the full Right to Heal Factsheet, updated March 2014. On March 19, 2013 - the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq - t he Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), Iraq...
Updated: March 17, 2014
Download the full Right to Reparations Factsheet The right of victims of armed conflict to receive reparation is well established under international law. A basic concept of our domestic and...
Updated: March 19, 2014
For information about the current sitution at Guantánamo, please visit: ccrjustice.org/closegitmo "It's kind of like having their own apartment." Camp 6 Guard, Guantánamo Bay...
Updated: October 9, 2014
By Bill Quigley and Deborah Popowski. October 26, 2009, CounterPunch.org The Louisiana Board that licenses psychologists is facing a growing legal fight over torture and medical care at the infamous...
Updated: January 11, 2010
One year ago, on June 28, 2009, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was awakened by gunfire. A coup was carried out by US-trained military officers, including graduates of the infamous US Army School of...
Updated: June 30, 2010
September 1, 2010 - Another false ending to the Iraq war is being declared. Nearly seven years after George Bush’s infamous “Mission Accomplished” speech on the USS Abraham Lincoln...
Updated: September 10, 2010
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