Sanchez-Espinosa v. Reagan is a case that challenged U.S. officials’ support for murder, rape, and other torture in Nicaragua. In May 1984, while the International Court of Justice was issuing a...
April 23, 2008, New York and Washington, DC — The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) must stop stonewalling congressional oversight committees and release vital documents related to the program of...
“The very things that Trump will target – dissent, solidarity, and resistance – are our greatest strengths” November 6, 2024, New York – In response to Donald Trump’s apparent victory, Center for...
Shifting power to the people beyond Biden’s first 100 days Today we are launching our latest federal policy agenda titled “Shifting Power to the People: A Rights-based Vision for Biden & the...
Can corporations be held accountable for human rights abuses? That is the question the U.S. Supreme Court will take up on its first day back in session on Oct. 1, and our reputation as a nation that...
June 7, 2010, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in response to a new report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), Experiments in Torture:...
Officials representing the Holy See will for the first time face questioning by a U.N. committee on the Vatican's child-sex-abuse record. Pope Francis has won over many critics in his brief time as...
Reports Examine Atrocity Crimes, Minority Stress, International Law May 22, 2016, Kampala and New York – Today, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released...
February 16, 2021, San Francisco – A federal court has again blocked a Trump administration ban that categorically denied asylum to anyone at the southern border who had transited through a third...
On June 12, 2019, the Center for Constitutional Rights and a coalition of organizations sent a letter to New York legislative leadership urging them to act on legislation to combat targeting and...
