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DHS Must Sever Ties with Toxic Private Prison Companies

September 2, 2016

Recent move by Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group reveal further proof of the private prison industry’s culture of secrecy Today, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and The GEO...

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...

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...

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...

Abu Ghraib Survivors Appeal Immunity for Corporation Involved in Torture

September 22, 2015

September 22, Richmond, VA – Last night, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) appealed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against private military contractor CACI Premier Technology, Inc. (CACI)...

No Impunity for Corporate Torturers at Abu Ghraib, Attorneys Argue

February 6, 2015

February 6, 2015, Alexandria, VA – Today, four Iraqi victims tortured at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison urged a federal district court to reject attempts by private military contractor CACI...

Rights Attorneys Who Sued Blackwater Respond to Murder, Manslaughter Verdict

October 22, 2014

October 22, 2014, New York – In response to today’s guilty verdicts against all four former Blackwater security guards charged in the 2007 killings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad,...

Abu Ghraib Torture Victims May Sue U.S. Corporation, Appeals Court Rules

June 30, 2014

June 30, 2014, Richmond, VA – Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that victims of torture and abuse in Abu Ghraib prison could pursue legal claims for their abuse against private...

Human Rights Groups Urge Israel to End Impunity for Killing of Rachel Corrie

May 21, 2014

May 21, 2014, New York, Paris, Gaza, Jerusalem, Ramallah – On the occasion of the appeal in the civil suit filed by the family of Rachel Corrie against the State of Israel for the death of the...

No Corporate Impunity for Abu Ghraib Torture, Attorneys Urge Court

March 18, 2014

March 18, 2014, Richmond, VA– A month before the 10-year anniversary of the Abu Ghraib torture photos, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel urged a federal...

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Press Releases

DHS Must Sever Ties with Toxic Private Prison Companies

CCR Mourns the Passing of Michael Ratner

Law4BlackLives Statement in Support of #JusticeforTamir

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

Abu Ghraib Survivors Appeal Immunity for Corporation Involved in Torture

No Impunity for Corporate Torturers at Abu Ghraib, Attorneys Argue

Rights Attorneys Who Sued Blackwater Respond to Murder, Manslaughter Verdict

Abu Ghraib Torture Victims May Sue U.S. Corporation, Appeals Court Rules

Human Rights Groups Urge Israel to End Impunity for Killing of Rachel Corrie

No Corporate Impunity for Abu Ghraib Torture, Attorneys Urge Court

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