CCR is proud to partner with Directors and Producers for the U.S. premiere of " Dirty Wars ", a documentary film that follows investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill as he explores the...
Featuring the NYC screening of the short film ISN 310: Djamel Ameziane's Decade in Guantánamo * Special Guests: Vanessa Redgrave (actor, activist), Mia Farrow (actor, activist) Scott Horton (...
On May 17th, people around the world will mark the 100th day of the current hunger strike at Guantánamo and over 11 years of indefinite detention without charge or trial by calling on...
On Friday, May 10, CCR has an important oral argument in our case against private military contractor CACI for torture at Abu Ghraib. CACI seeks dismissal of Plaintiffs’ Alien Tort Statute (...
April 23, 2013 New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), Yemeni human rights organization HOOD and the Swiss-based Alkarama submitted new testimony to a Senate Judiciary Sub...
Download the full Right to Reparations Factsheet The right of victims of armed conflict to receive reparation is well established under international law. A basic concept of our domestic and...
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...
April 17, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum...
Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) director Brian Concannon will speak at the 10th annual Global Health and Innovation Conference at Yale University on Sunday, April 14th. The...
Please join CCR President Emeritus Michael Ratner for A Festival of Conscience on Friday, April 12th. Michael will speak in a free* post-show dialogue alongside Victoria Brittain of Shadow Lives: The...
