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CCR Responds to Reports that Obama Administration is Considering Targeting American with Drone Strike

February 11, 2014

February 11, 2014 , New York – In response to news reports that the Obama administration is considering assassinating an American citizen who allegedly presents a security threat, the Center...

U.N. Expresses “Deepest Concern” over Widespread Sexual Abuse by Clergy, Finding Vatican Failed to Protect Children

February 5, 2014

UPDATE: Vatican statement says "The Holy See does, however, regret to see in some points of the Concluding Observations an attempt to interfere with Catholic Church teaching on the dignity of...

U.N. Asks Vatican Hard Questions on Widespread Sexual Violence Against Children

January 16, 2014

January 16, 2014, Geneva – Today, the Vatican was summoned before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to report on its record in addressing widespread sexual violence within...

CCR Files NSA Spying Case with Supreme Court

January 3, 2014

January 2, 2014 , Washington – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) petitioned the Supreme Court to review their case challenging surveillance by the National...

Survivors Challenge Vatican at UN on Clergy Sex Cases

December 11, 2013

December 11, 2013, New York – Today, as Pope Francis was named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) and the Center for...

Rights Groups Issue Open Letter to Obama

December 5, 2013

December 5, 2013, New York – Today, U.S.-based civil rights and human rights groups signed an open letter to President Obama urging the administration to make good on its stated commitment to...

Vatican Responds to UN Questions on Sexual Violence Against Children

December 3, 2013

December 3, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which represents SNAP (the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests), released the following statement on the...

Civil Rights Groups Comment on Hearing Held to Rein in NYPD Spying

October 1, 2013

October 1, 2013 – In response to today’s hearing in Handschu v. Special Services Division , Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional Rights provide the following joint statement...

Joint Statement of Muslim Advocates and CCR in Response to NYPD Designating Mosques as Terrorist Organizations

August 28, 2013

August 28, 2013, New York – Today, in response to revelations that the NYPD has secretly labeled entire mosques as terrorism organizations, Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional...

CCR Seeks Full Court Review of Warrantless NSA Surveillance

July 26, 2013

July 26, 2013, New York – Last night, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a request that the entire Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reconsider the dismissal of its lawsuit against...

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CCR Responds to Reports that Obama Administration is Considering Targeting American with Drone Strike

U.N. Expresses “Deepest Concern” over Widespread Sexual Abuse by Clergy, Finding Vatican Failed to Protect Children

U.N. Asks Vatican Hard Questions on Widespread Sexual Violence Against Children

CCR Files NSA Spying Case with Supreme Court

Survivors Challenge Vatican at UN on Clergy Sex Cases

Rights Groups Issue Open Letter to Obama

Vatican Responds to UN Questions on Sexual Violence Against Children

Civil Rights Groups Comment on Hearing Held to Rein in NYPD Spying

Joint Statement of Muslim Advocates and CCR in Response to NYPD Designating Mosques as Terrorist Organizations

CCR Seeks Full Court Review of Warrantless NSA Surveillance

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