November 1, 2017The attorneys representing detainees at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, blasted President Trump’s suggestion to send the suspect in the New York City terror attack there as “deluded” and...
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
July 2008The trial for mortgage fraud has begun for former leader of the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti and human rights violator, Toto Constant, and the Center for Constitutional Rights is...
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
October 30, 2019, New York – In response to news of the arrests of Reverend Gregory Manning and Sakura Kone at the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry on the final day of the two-week...
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
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