March 29, 2017The U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Assembly and of Association had some strong words for the U.S. Congress during his testimony to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission last Tuesday. Speaking...
October 29, 2008, New York – Yesterday, Judge Abraham Gerges handed down a stiff sentence for Haitian former death squad leader Emanuel “Toto” Constant who was found guilty on all...
October 23, 2017This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
by Peter Weiss, Vice President for the Center for Constitutional Rights "Today, it is not merely justice itself, but the idea of justice that is under attack.” The words are those of...
Updated: January 6, 2012
September 15, 2016"I wish to see him and hug him and sit next to him and hold his head in my arms and tell him that I love him." This week, Senior Staff Attorney Wells Dixon and Advocacy Program Manager Aliya Hussain...
September 22, 2017, Alexandria, VA – Today, a Virginia federal court ruled that three Iraqi individuals formerly detained at the infamous “hard site” at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were subjected...
Justice sought by five U.S. citizens who collectively lost hundreds of family members during Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza February 4, 2025, New York – Today, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
On November 10, 1995, nine Ogoni leaders (the “Ogoni 9”) were executed by the Nigerian government after being falsely accused of murder and tried by a specially created military tribunal. Those...
Updated: January 22, 2008
CCR proudly endorses the Citywide Cop Watch Training Series happening between September 30th and October 30th, and we encourage all New Yorkers to RSVP and attend . Every day we see and hear of more...
Updated: October 20, 2014
February 1, 2016Last month, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent conducted a fact-finding mission to the United States to document human rights violations against people of African descent in...
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