al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City after being bombed by the Israeli Military.
As citizens of an increasingly interconnected world, it is critical that all nations, the United States especially, recognize and incorporate the norms of international law into their systems of justice. CCR pioneered the use of the Alien Tort Statute to prosecute human rights abuses committed abroad in U.S. courts and has created a body of law that helps to hold foreign officials and corporations accountable to the public. We have also brought cases against U.S. officials in foreign courts under the principle of Universal Jurisdiction, which is based in the belief that some crimes are so heinous that they defy national boundaries.
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Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. is a lawsuit brought against Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Shell Transport & Trading Co., Plc, and its wholly owned subsidiary Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC). The…
On September 26, 2007, two cases were filed, one in U.S. federal court in the District of Maryland against Sánchez de Lozada, the former President of Bolivia, and the other in the Southern District of Florida…
CCR is proud to partner with Directors and Producers for the U.S. premiere of "Dirty Wars" described in detail below. View the film trailer here. The film will open in select theatres on June 7th, with ongoing openings and screenings throughout… Read More >>
Featuring the NYC screening of the short film ISN 310: Djamel Ameziane's Decade in Guantánamo* Join the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Culture Project for this timely event, as the majority of the men at Guantánamo are on their fourth month… Read More >>
In 1993, CCR and co-counsel sued Karadzic for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity – including the campaign of rape and other sexual violence as a form of torture and genocide used against Bosnian women and men. Read More >>
Xuncax v. Gramajo and Ortiz v. Gramajo are two civil damages suits filed on behalf of Guatemalans, all Kanjobal Indians who were brutalized themselves, lost loved ones, and lived in highland villages demolished by Gramajo’s soldiers. They charge former Defense… Read More >>
