July 23, 2010 - Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement in response to the Algerian government’s denial that it is detaining Abdul Aziz Naji: “...
Guantánamo's roots here at home Guantánamo Bay prison is one of the most notorious examples of post-9/11 U.S. human rights violations, but it has roots here at home. Join us on June 3rd, for CCR's...
Updated: June 3, 2015
May 24, 2017As the more than 1500 Palestinian hunger strikers held in Israeli prisons end a 37 th day on strike to demand better detention conditions, supporters of Palestinians’ human rights must now rely on...
Calls for U.S. to be held accountable and offer asylum August 16, 2021, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights expresses its profound sorrow and concern for the people of Afghanistan, who...
New York, June 3, 2009 – Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the District Court decision dismissing the Wiwa v. Shell plaintiffs’ claims against Shell Petroleum Development Company...
The demand for human rights and social justice lawyering will not, alas, retreat any time soon, and so we are dedicated to helping ensure that there is an ample supply of well-trained movement...
Updated: December 11, 2024
Royal Dutch Shell, plc (Shell) began oil production in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in 1958 and has a long history of working closely with the Nigerian government to quell popular opposition to...
Updated: July 21, 2010
The International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism is a first-ever international effort to build systems of accountability—rooted in global cross-movement solidarity—both...
Updated: January 27, 2023
December 5, 2013, New York – Today, U.S.-based civil rights and human rights groups signed an open letter to President Obama urging the administration to make good on its stated commitment to...
June 21, 2016, New York – Today, human rights and civil liberties groups filed a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request seeking documents relating to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent executive order...
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