CCR and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) will appear before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) during its 164th session for a merits hearing in our case,...
Updated: August 31, 2017
Charging former Paraguayan official Americo Peña-Irala with the wrongful death of Joelito Filártiga. The suit pioneered the application of a previously little-used 1789 federal statute, the Alien...
Updated: January 3, 2019
This petition follows a public records request to the Governor of Louisiana's Office for any records of meetings and/or communications between the Governor and his staff and agents of several...
Updated: September 14, 2018
We Are All Arizona! National Day of Action against SB 1070 Law March Across the Brooklyn Bridge Thursday, July 29 th On July 29th, as SB 1070 is set to be implemented in Arizona, join thousands...
Updated: July 27, 2010
Reversing Decades of Precedent, Highest Court Allows Private Corporations to Block Release of Government Information June 24, 2019, New York, NY – Today, the Supreme Court reversed decades of...
The criminal justice system may be criminal and it may be a system, but it can hardly be called just. Race and income play a major negative role in every part of the system. This talk will address...
Updated: March 23, 2010
Location : New York, NY hybrid, 2 - 3 days/week onsite The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a newly created role designed to provide strategic leadership to the organization and oversight of the...
Updated: January 29, 2025
October 3, 2012, New York – In response to the release of a report today by the Honduran True Commission, the alternative commission established to investigate and document the coup d’...
February 19, 2015, Chicago – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal court to dismiss a terrorism indictment against two animal rights activists alleged...
April 25, 2022Money belongs to the people of Afghanistan, groups say in legal brief
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