February 17, 2011, New York, Geneva – Over one year after a group of 60 individuals petitioned United Nations officials to stop the desecration and destruction of an ancient Muslim cemetery in...
January 27, 2011, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement in response to news of the death of Ugandan human rights defender and LGBT activist David...
September 28, 2010, New York, NY – Discussions at the Human Rights Council (HRC) continued today following the release of a report of the fact-finding mission that investigated the May 31, 2010...
July 1, 2010, Washington, D.C . – Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed eight Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding the United States government’s...
June 17, 2010, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) , working with an international coalition, submitted a letter and statement to the U.S. State Department regarding...
June 14, 2010, New York, Jerusalem, Geneva – Today, parties defending a 12th Century Muslim cemetery and holy site in Jerusalem from desecration by Israeli authorities and a U.S. financier...
June 1, 2010 - We, the undersigned organisations gathered in Kampala at the International Criminal Court (ICC) Review Conference, are shocked by Israel’s killing and injury of civilians...
May 31, 2010 - The Center for Constitutional Rights strongly condemns the killings of human rights activists aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. The six ships that comprised the Flotilla were violently...
This is a public statement by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation...