Since our founding in 1966, the Center has pioneered legal strategies to ensure that courtroom doors remain open to those with the least access to justice. In few instances is this more difficult...
Updated: September 26, 2017
September 2012Can corporations be held accountable for human rights abuses? That is the question the U.S. Supreme Court will take up on its first day back in session on Oct. 1, and our reputation as a nation that...
April 2009Center for Constitutional Rights cooperating attorney Judith Chompsky appeared on WBAI on April 28, 2009 to talk about Wiwa v. Shell. Listen here .
The multinational corporation Shell financed, armed, and otherwise colluded with the Nigerian military forces that used deadly force and conducted massive, brutal raids against the Ogoni people of...
Updated: May 30, 2015
The Wiwa v. Shell campaign has posters and poscards available for you to join in the education efforts around the landm Below are downloadable PDFs of the postcards & posters for you to print...
Updated: April 13, 2015
Join CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy and co-counsel Jeena Shah for a discussion of our Al Shimari case and CCR’s history challenging corporate immunity and seeking justice for torture. Discussion...
Updated: March 31, 2015
February 2015"What happened at the Abu Ghraib prison during the early days of the Iraq war is no secret: The whole world has seen the appalling photos . Detainees under American control were raped, beaten,...
February 2015A federal judge said Friday he would consider whether to dismiss a lawsuit against the military contractor alleged to have orchestrated torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq because of a...
February 2015" A defense contractor that supplied interrogators to the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has again asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit seeking to hold the company responsible for abuses that...
March 2015Twelve years ago today, 23-year-old U.S. human rights defender Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer while peacefully protecting Palestinian homes in Gaza from...
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