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Human Rights Groups Submit File to French Court on Former U.S. Department of Defense General Counsel in Ongoing Guantánamo Torture Investigation

October 12, 2016

Attorneys ask investigating judge to subpoena William Haynes as part of criminal case October 12, 2016, New York, Paris, Berlin – Today, supported by the New York-based Center for Constitutional...

El caso contra el ex-presidente de Bolivia por su papel en una masacre en 2003 puede proceder

June 17, 2016

Un Tribunal de apelaciones de Estados Unidos rechaza el intento de los demandados de hacer que el caso sea desechado El 17 de junio, 2016, Miami – Más de doce años después de que unas masacres...

Human Rights Case Against Former Bolivian President for Role in 2003 Massacre Cleared to Move Forward

June 17, 2016

Court of Appeals Rejects Defendants’ Attempt to Have Case Dismissed June 17, 2016, Miami – More than 12 years after government-planned massacres in Bolivia killed 58 unarmed civilians, the Eleventh...

Tortured GITMO Detainee Had History of Severe Mental Illness

June 15, 2016

Attorneys Provide Records to Review Board, Urge al Qahtani’s Release to Care June 15, 2016 – Tomorrow morning Guantánamo detainee Mohammed al Qahtani will have a hearing before a Periodic Review...

Abu Ghraib Torture Case in Court: Human Rights Attorneys Press for Accountability

May 12, 2016

May 12, 2016, Richmond, VA – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights is arguing that the well-established torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and a private military contractor’s role in that...

CCR Mourns the Passing of Michael Ratner

May 11, 2016

May 11, 2016, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights is sad to release the following statement on the occasion of the passing of the Center’s president emeritus Michael Ratner: From Attica...

Former Guantánamo Chief Being Investigated for Torture Is a No-Show at French Court Hearing

March 1, 2016

Attorneys to Seek Arrest Warrant March 1, 2016, New York, Paris – Retired U.S. General Geoffrey Miller, the former Guantánamo prison chief, was a no-show in a French court Tuesday. Miller had been...

Law4BlackLives Statement in Support of #JusticeforTamir

November 23, 2015

November 23, 2015 – On the anniversary of 12-year-old Tamir Rice’s killing by police in Cleveland, a coalition of law students, legal workers and attorneys known as Law for Black Lives issued the...

Palestinian Human Rights Delegation Meets with Hague Court Prosecutor, Delivers Victims’ Submission of Israeli Crimes in Gaza

November 23, 2015

Center for Constitutional Rights issues statement in support November 23, 2015, New York – Today, in response to a detailed submission to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court by a...

Constitutional Scholars, Military Officers, Human Rights Groups File Briefs in Support of Abu Ghraib Victims Suing Corporation for Torture

September 29, 2015

Military Lawyer Who Led Effort Against Unlawful Interrogation at Guantánamo Among Amicus Parties September 29, Richmond, VA – Last evening, six amicus briefs were filed with the Fourth Circuit Court...

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Press Releases

Human Rights Groups Submit File to French Court on Former U.S. Department of Defense General Counsel in Ongoing Guantánamo Torture Investigation

El caso contra el ex-presidente de Bolivia por su papel en una masacre en 2003 puede proceder

Human Rights Case Against Former Bolivian President for Role in 2003 Massacre Cleared to Move Forward

Tortured GITMO Detainee Had History of Severe Mental Illness

Abu Ghraib Torture Case in Court: Human Rights Attorneys Press for Accountability

CCR Mourns the Passing of Michael Ratner

Former Guantánamo Chief Being Investigated for Torture Is a No-Show at French Court Hearing

Law4BlackLives Statement in Support of #JusticeforTamir

Palestinian Human Rights Delegation Meets with Hague Court Prosecutor, Delivers Victims’ Submission of Israeli Crimes in Gaza

Constitutional Scholars, Military Officers, Human Rights Groups File Briefs in Support of Abu Ghraib Victims Suing Corporation for Torture

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