Leading Genocide and Holocaust Experts Submit Declarations in Support of Federal Case November 13, 2023, San Francisco – Today, Palestinians asked a federal court to enjoin President Biden, Secretary...
Amicus briefs in a case seeking civil liability from multinational corporations for their role aiding and abetting the South African apartheid regime.
Updated: February 26, 2024
Doctors and journalists also file briefs as support for landmark case comes in from across the country and around the world January 3, 2024, New York – Civil society groups from around the world...
The Invasion of Iraq & Torture and Abuse at Abu Ghraib In March 2003, the United States unlawfully invaded Iraq using a false claim that Iraq had developed “weapons of mass destruction” to...
Updated: October 28, 2024
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...
Updated: February 6, 2017
Case Highlights Disparity in Police Treatment of Racial Justice Protesters and White Supremacists January 14, 2021, New York – In response to today’s announcement that New York Attorney General...
Case Challenges Michigan “Emergency Manager” Law March 31, 2017, Flint, MI – Today, a coalition of Michigan residents, organizations, and civil rights attorneys asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a...
Historic Case Has Broken New Legal Ground, Documented Lively’s Campaign of Persecution in Uganda June 6, 2017, New York – Yesterday, a federal court minced no words in affirming that U.S.-based anti-...
Case to Be Heard by High Court This Spring February 5, 2020, Washington, D.C. – Today, Muslim men who were placed or kept on the No-Fly List in retaliation for refusing to spy on their communities...
September 20, 2021This month, we honor the popular movements in Central and South America and in the Caribbean fighting against U.S. intervention that have expanded our radical imaginations and refined our politics.
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