Celine Zhu is a Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on issues of sexual and gender-based violence, LGBTQI+ persecution, discriminatory policing, environmental...
In the aftermath of the June 28, 2009 coup d’etat in Honduras, the Organization of American States (OAS) designated then-Costa Rican President Oscar Arias as mediator between the coup regime...
Updated: March 22, 2011
The Department of Homeland Security and FBI have warned for some time of ongoing domestic terrorism threats from right-wing radical extremist groups. The events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021...
Updated: February 18, 2021
September 14, 2017The organizers of the white supremacist gathering in Charlottesville last month knew just what they were doing when they decided to carry torches on their nocturnal march to protest the dethroning of...
On November 3, 2006, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a response to the government's efforts to deny CCR access to Majid Khan, on whose behalf CCR previously filed a petition of...
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 Carry it Forward: Celebrate the Children of the Resistance. The event will be a dramatic program held at Town Hall to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the executions of...
Updated: May 8, 2013
Open records requests from RISE St. James in Louisiana revealed critically important information about the burial grounds of formerly enslaved Black people. Photo credit: Bron Moyi for Louisiana...
Updated: June 10, 2025
The Twenty- Second Sokol Colloquium On Private International Law "Human Rights Litigation in US Courts" The Gustave Sokol Program on private international...
Updated: March 11, 2009
On Friday, February 7, 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST , Emily Early , Associate Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights Southern Regional Office, will moderate Property Reparations , a panel of...
Updated: January 27, 2025
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