December 3, 2021... In the second episode of the four part series, Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights claims that “This is a part of the disposability of Black lives in our...
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights today issued the following response to a statement by Adam Szubin, Director of the Office of Foreign...
October 4, 2010, New York, NY – Today, the Supreme Court said it would not take up a warrantless surveillance case, Wilner v. National Security Agency (NSA) , filed by the Center for...
The Alien Tort Statute (ATS), also known as the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), is a powerful legal tool that allows foreign victims of human rights abuse to seek civil remedies in U.S. courts. It has...
Updated: September 24, 2012
CCR is proud to co-sponsor the 77th Annual Celebration & Presentation of the ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism. Schedule 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion: “The Politics of...
Updated: April 26, 2013
Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging New Trump Asylum Restrictions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2019 CONTACT: Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU, 347-514-3984 ,
[email protected] Jen Nessel,...
Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging New Trump Asylum Restrictions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2019 CONTACT: Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU, 347-514-3984 ,
[email protected] Jen Nessel,...
July 24, 2019, San Francisco — This evening, a federal court blocked a new Trump administration asylum ban that categorically denied asylum to anyone at the southern border who had transited through...
January 13, 2021...Baher Azmy, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights, provided Teen Vogue with examples of some of these crimes: “These death-eligible federal statutes have what is called a federal...
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