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
On the 11th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iraqi civil society leaders and U.S. military veterans will testify to the lasting impact of the war and make the case that the U.S. government...
Updated: March 17, 2014
CCR Attorney Jeena Shah will be speaking at a public hearing to investigate charges that former General David Petraeus was responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity as Iraq/Afghanistan...
Updated: March 18, 2014
On July 2, CCR continues our First Wednesday’s summer series at Von, where CCR Legal Worker Aliya Hana Hussain and CCR Senior Staff Attorney Pardiss Kebriaei will discuss their work on behalf of men...
Updated: July 2, 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
CCR client and former Guantanamo detainee Murat Kurnaz will speak on a panel of leaders who represent communities directly impacted by U.S. actions and policies that amount to torture, abuse and...
Updated: November 7, 2014
In the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which the United States ratified in 1994, torture is defined as "any act by which...
Updated: January 11, 2010
Soon after September 11, reports began appearing that people were being picked up around the world and held by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). These people weren’t being held by their...
Updated: January 11, 2010
On April 18, 1996, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shelled a United Nations (UN) compound in Qana, Lebanon, killing over 100 civilians and wounding hundreds more. Approximately 800 civilians had...
Updated: July 22, 2010
Evidence of the criminal activities of the Bush administration is exceedingly well documented. It is apparent in Bush administration memos, FOIA documents, congressional hearings, court documents,...
Updated: July 23, 2010
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