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handle is hein.preview/suppwkhz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: APPENDIX: AMICI CURIAE Amnesty International USA is the largest country section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights movement with a presence in over 70 countries and the support of 7 million people throughout the world. Amnesty International works independently and impartially to promote respect for human rights. It mon- itors domestic law and practices in countries through- out the world for compliance with international human rights law and international humanitarian law and standards, and it works to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is a national nonprofit legal and educational organization dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guar- anteed by the United States Constitution and interna- tional human rights law. Founded in 1966, CCR has a long history of litigating cases that expand access to constitutional and human rights - within and without U.S. borders - particularly to those with least access to them. CCR brought the landmark case, Filartiga v. Pena-Irala, 630 F.2d 876 (2d Cir. 1980), the founda- tional case establishing the viability of the Alien Tort Statute as a mechanism to promote transnational justice. CCR has also been a leading advocate ensur- ing rights for individuals detained outside the United States, serving as counsel for petitioners in Boune- diene v. Bush, 553 U.S. 723, 769 (2008), which affirmed the principle that certain constitutional rights, such as

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