9:30am Belhas v. Ya’alon is a class action lawsuit filed against retired Israeli Lieutenant General Moshe Ya’alon that charges him with war crimes and extra-judicial killing for his role in the...
Updated: December 6, 2007
Northeastern University School of Law is pleased to announce the 2008 Daynard Public Interest Visiting Fellows: Michael Ratner and Christina DeConcini ’88. The Daynard Program brings two...
Updated: January 10, 2008
CCR attorney Rachel Meeropol will be arguing before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in regards to the cross appeal filed by parties in the case of Turkmen v. Ashcroft . Turkmen v. Ashcroft is a...
Updated: February 8, 2008
On November 13, 2001, President Bush issued an executive order which purported to establish military commissions to try those captured in the “War on Terror.” Under the order, the...
Updated: January 11, 2010
Could Rosa Parks, who was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 for violating segregation laws by sitting in the white-only section of a bus and refusing to move, be considered a “homegrown...
Updated: January 11, 2010
Since the first habeas corpus petition for detainees was filed on February 19, 2002, CCR has helped coordinate a movement of over 500 pro bono attorneys who have filed habeas petitions for more than...
Updated: January 11, 2010
Q: Why should we lower the rates? If people in prison don’t want expensive calls, they should not break the law. A: People in prison do not pay for the collect calls. That burden falls to the...
Updated: January 11, 2010
In the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which the United States ratified in 1994, torture is defined as "any act by which...
Updated: January 11, 2010
STRANDED AT GUANTÁNAMO: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FOR GUANTÁNAMO PRISONERS WHO CANNOT BE SAFELY REPATRIATED NEED FOR HUMANITARIAN PROTECTION 1. How...
Updated: January 11, 2010
Post-9/11, the Bush administration has expanded the use of the state secrets privilege (SSP) to withhold evidence and dismiss cases that challenge the administration in U.S. courts. In doing so, the...
Updated: January 11, 2010
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