April 17, 2013, Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a disappointing decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum (Shell) , holding that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) does not...
TOMORROW: #IStandWithSJP - Support Fordham SJP in court [caption align="right"] [/caption] Fordham’s legal battle to ban Students for Justice in Palestine continues tomorrow November 24 at 2 p.m. ET...
April 12, 2016, New York – Today, civil rights, human rights, and community groups held a rally and vigil at One Police Plaza, demanding an end to the pervasive abuse of Ahmed Ferhani and other...
Vincent Warren Accountability: No One’s Above the Law A Review of Obama’s First 100 Days Vince Warren, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights University of Pittsburgh Law School...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Pam Spees will speak at the 2013 SNAP Annual Conference in Washington D.C. SNAP is an independent, confidential network of survivors of religious sexual abuse and their...
Join us on the 11th anniversary of Guantánamo prison to call on President Obama to fullfill his broken promise to shut it down, and for all branches of the U.S. government to uphold human...
Leading genocide and Holocaust experts back request for preliminary injunction to prevent “irreparable harm” to plaintiffs; Palestinians in Gaza submit new declarations as well November 16, 2023, San...
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WIN! Federal court again blocks Trump-era asylum transit ban A federal court has again blocked a Trump administration ban that categorically denied asylum to anyone at the southern border who had...
Supreme Court to Consider Whether U.S. Corporations May Be Held Liable for International Violations October 22, 2020, Washington, D.C. – Fifteen international human rights organizations submitted a...
