On June 28, 2004, the Supreme Court held in Rasul v. Bush , that the nearly-600 men imprisoned by the U.S. government in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba had a right of access to the federal courts, via habeas...
Updated: November 28, 2007
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 Vigil for Justice - Shut Down Guantanamo 10:00 am to 11:00 am JFK Federal Building, Gov't Center, Boston Signs and banners welcome; a few will be provided (along with...
Updated: November 28, 2007
Vanessa, Lynn, Corin , and Jemma Redgrave make a very special appearance to read Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak , a collection of poems written by detainees held in the US detention...
Updated: November 28, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007: National Demonstrations for Justice at Guantanamo On December 5th, the Supreme Court will hear arguments for the cases of Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. U.S. , brought...
Updated: November 29, 2007
THE FUTURE OF HABEAS CORPUS AND EXECUTIVE POWER: Al Odah v. United States Pre-Argument Panel 6:00 – 8:00 PM Georgetown University Law Center 12th Floor, Gewirz Student Residence Hall 600 New Jersey...
Updated: November 30, 2007
Vigil at the Supreme Court 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m . Join Witness Against Torture for a vigil in support of the human and constitutional rights of the men held at Guantanamo before and during the oral...
Updated: November 30, 2007
Join CCR for a pre-argument event at Georgetown Law School on Tuesday, December 4 and then come to the Supreme Court the next day for the oral argument and a vigil in support of the men at Guantanamo...
Updated: November 30, 2007
Attorney, author and Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) President Michael Ratner is the recipient of the 2007 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. One of the country's foremost defenders...
Updated: December 2, 2007
Since 2002, at least 775 men have been held in the U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. According to Department of Defense data, fewer than half of them are accused of committing any...
Updated: December 2, 2007
Over the past 25 years, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS, also known as the Alien Tort Claims Act, or ATCA) has allowed non-U.S. citizens to sue for human rights abuses in U.S. Courts. Center for...
Updated: December 6, 2007
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