June 23, 2016Today, the 23rd of the month, invoking the 23 hours per day that prisoners spend in their cells in the SHU, activists throughout California are taking action to bring attention to prison conditions...
May 9, 2018The Israeli government has ordered the deportation of Human Rights Watch’s Israel and Palestine director, Omar Shakir. ... Read the full piece here.
On Friday, October 21, 2016 the Public Safety Committee of the New York City Council held an oversight hearing of the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). CCR Advocacy Program Manager Nahal Zamani...
Updated: January 10, 2017
November 16, 2023...On Monday, civil liberties group Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), filed a suit on behalf of Palestinian human rights organizations, Palestinians in Gaza, and U.S. citizens with relatives...
Introduction | About the Authors | Table of Contents | How to Order the Book | Find Documents | Updates DOCUMENTS FROM THE BOOK Attached below are links to unpublished decisions, briefs, and other...
Updated: August 18, 2010
September 8, 2011, New York – Plaintiffs challenging the discriminatory requirement that they must register as sex offenders because of a Crime Against Nature by Solicitation (CANS) conviction...
August 10, 2011, New Orleans – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), police misconduct attorney Andrea J. Ritchie, Esq., the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Law...
Plaintiffs will have a harder time suing oil companies and other multinational groups over human-rights abuses overseas following a federal court ruling on Friday.
CCR Bertha Justice Fellow Omar Shakir will discuss his work in Egypt with HRW over the last year, where he was a fellow and the lead researcher and author of “All According to Plan,” a...
Updated: October 17, 2014
The group, which has represented many men at the prison, urged the Biden administration to transfer the 19 remaining men who are not charged July 31, 2024, New York – In response to the U.S...
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