May 11, 2012, Richmond, VA – Today, a federal appellate court dismissed the appeals of two private military contractors who had argued they were immune from litigation when they engage in...
May 21, 2012, Washington, D.C. – Today, Amnesty International USA, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture delivered to the White House a...
November 16, 2012, Washington, D.C.— Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), CODEPINK, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli...
April 30, 2013, New York – Today, President Obama spoke about Guantanamo at a press conference and said, among other things, "Now Congress determined that they would not let us close it...
April 2, 2014, Chicago – Yesterday afternoon, the Senate Judiciary Committee of the Illinois Senate rejected Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 59, proposed by Senator Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago),...
On Monday, April 7, 2008, Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute (HRI) and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) will co-host a conference, THE UNITED STATES AND THE INTER-AMERICAN...
Updated: April 1, 2008
A National Conference to Bring the Troops Home NOW! July 23–25, 2010 Crowne Plaza Hotel Ten Eyck Plaza State and Lodge Streets Albany, NY 12207 Purpose of the Conference
Updated: July 23, 2010
CCR Legal Worker Ian Head will moderate a panel at the National Lawyers Guild Convention on October 12th in Pasadena California. New COINTELPRO: How the NLG is Responding to the Targeting of Muslim...
Updated: October 11, 2012
You must be register for the Left Forum to attend this panel. For more information about the Left Forum see http://www.leftforum.org Moderator: Sara Kershnar is a co-founder of the International...
Updated: June 3, 2013
Habeas corpus, or the Great Writ, is the legal procedure that keeps the government from holding you indefinitely without showing cause. When you challenge your detention by filing a habeas corpus...
Updated: January 11, 2010
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