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
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
SEEKING ANSWERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM ISRAEL: THE RACHEL CORRIE CASE This entry was written by Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney, Katherine Gallagher, who is currently in Haifa...
Updated: October 20, 2010
by Laura Raymond, International Human Rights Program Manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights Unbelievably, in 2011 this question has not yet been settled in the courts of the United States...
Updated: December 21, 2011
Washington, November 1, 2012 – This morning CCR scored a major victory in our long running effort to hold private military contractors responsible for their role in the torture and war crimes...
Updated: December 20, 2012
March 2006A lawsuit filed against Caterpillar corporation is seeking compensatory damages and an order to enjoin Caterpillar sales of bulldozers until Israel stops its practice of home demolitions.
March 2006A judge dismisses parents' attempt to sue Caterpillar corporation
August 2007A federal appeals court rejected an appeal from American peace activist Rachel Corrie and declared that Caterpillar Inc. cannot be held liable for the use of its bulldozers in Israeli military...
Relatives of US activist Rachel Corrie are planning to sue Caterpillar Inc.
23-year-old American college student killed yesterday by an IDF bulldozer during a house demolotion in Rafah
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