Telephone Justice for People in Prison Since 1999, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has been fighting on the ground and in the courts to end the exploitative telephone contract between New...
Updated: January 14, 2015
On May 28, 1999, Chevron, through its Nigerian subsidiary, participated in the murder, shooting, and subsequent torture of Nigerian villagers who were engaging in environmental protest against the...
Updated: March 1, 2011
LITIGATION Al Shimari v. CACI is a federal lawsuit brought by four Iraqi torture victims against private US-based contractor CACI International Inc., and CACI Premier Technology, Inc. It asserts that...
Updated: March 7, 2013
In February of 2011, the United States hosted a fact-finding mission by then UN Independent Expert (now the Special Rapporteur) on the human right to safe drinking water. Ms. de Albuquerque carries...
Updated: May 8, 2015
CCR joined 15 civil society organizations in sending a letter to members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations concerning the confirmation hearing of Mr. Rex Tillerson as the United States...
Updated: January 10, 2017
An examination of the radical overreach of proposed religious exemptions permitting discrimination on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexuality, and reproductive choices, as well as race,...
Updated: February 16, 2017
On June 16, 2017, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its 23 member organizations in the Americas collaborated on an open letter to the Organization of American States requesting...
Updated: June 21, 2017
Ziad Alwan Ziad Alwan is a United States citizen and a Palestinian with West Bank residency. He was born in Ein Yabrud, Palestine, and currently lives in Chicago. Ziad’s family’s land, for which he...
Updated: March 19, 2019
High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais Wilson – United Nations Geneva, Switzerland March 18, 2019 Re: Release of the UN database on business activities in Israeli settlements in the occupied...
Updated: March 19, 2019
For the First Time Palestinians Are Challenging Settlers Living on Their Land in a U.S. Court Silber v. Airbnb The Center for Constitutional Rights is representing two Palestinian individuals, a...
Updated: March 21, 2019
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