May 1, 2024This was the first time that victims of the United States’ post-9/11 torture testified in a U.S. courtroom
Federal District Court Hears Arguments in Asylum Case in NYC En Español Abajo July 6, 2023, New York – A federal district court heard today the government’s motion to dismiss D.J.C.V. v. United...
October 20, 2021So-called Communications Management Units Deny Due Process to People in Prison
Three lawsuits filed on behalf of relatives of murdered activists who were fighting for human rights and environmental justice in Nigeria. The lawsuits are brought against the Royal Dutch Petroleum...
Updated: January 4, 2022
The administration should push to transfer remaining uncharged men and settle cases of charged men Jan 11, 2025, New York – On the 23rd anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay...
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...
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...
A case challenging warrantless surveillance by the NSA
Updated: September 8, 2021
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
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