In 2002, Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen, was detained at a U.S. airport on his way home from a family trip. He was interrogated by U.S. officials about alleged links to al-Qaeda and was repeatedly...
Updated: November 5, 2010
The principle of universal jurisdiction allows the national authorities of any state to investigate and prosecute people for serious international crimes even if they were committed in another...
Updated: September 8, 2021
Why are guns for hire in Iraq? The U.S. government has increasingly been outsourcing functions previously carried out by government employees or members of the military to for-profit corporations...
Updated: September 8, 2021
In the aftermath of the June 28, 2009 coup d’etat in Honduras, the Organization of American States (OAS) designated then-Costa Rican President Oscar Arias as mediator between the coup regime...
Updated: March 22, 2011
Updated: December 28, 2011
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
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