Paul v. Avril is a case in which Haitian President Proper Avril was charged with human rights violations. Months before the September 1991 coup which overthrew Haitian President Jean Bertrand...
Updated: October 9, 2007
In the Matter of Civilian Population of Chiapas is an emergency complaint filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), in conjunction with the Center for Human Rights Legal Action in...
Updated: October 9, 2007
July 14, 2011, Washington, D.C.– A group of international human rights organizations filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in the case of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum in...
January 27, 2011 - In recent remarks on U.S.-Latin American relations made at the Brookings Institute, Arturo Valenzuela, a State Department official with responsibility for the region, commented...
Updated: January 28, 2011
June 7, 2024...Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani and State Senator Jabari Brisport introduced the bill, called the “ Not on Our Dime ” act, months before the Oct. 7 attack, saying it was an effort to prevent tax-exempt...
Join CCR, partners and allies on January 7 for an important panel to launch a new public initiative titled, “No Separate Justice: A Post-9/11 Domestic Human Rights Campaign.” This new...
Updated: December 31, 2013
One year ago, on June 28, 2009, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was awakened by gunfire. A coup was carried out by US-trained military officers, including graduates of the infamous US Army School of...
Updated: June 30, 2010
CCR proudly supports the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) in presenting their fourth ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to Bryan Stevenson, the founder and Executive Director of the...
Updated: April 17, 2014
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Updated: March 10, 2008
December 2, 2025, Philadelphia – A coalition of international legal and advocacy rights groups– Abolitionist Law Center, Avaaz Foundation, European Legal Support Center, SOMO, Center for...
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