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...
September 6, 2017, New York and Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Defending Rights & Dissent released a comprehensive report on state ag-gag laws, which prohibit...
Vatican fails to submit its report; survivors and human rights group apprise committee of its lack of progress September 5, 2017, New York – Today, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (...
August 18, 2017 New York, NY — In response to news of White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon's departure, CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren issued the following statement: Justice is a...
12 de julio, 2017, Los Ángeles – Hoy, un grupo de derechos de inmigrantes y varios solicitantes de asilo presentaron una demanda en contra de oficiales en el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS,...
July 12, 2017, Los Angeles – Today an immigrant rights group and several asylum seekers filed a class action lawsuit against officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and...
Advocates point to alarming reliance on sources hostile to Palestine advocacy to justify ban July 10, 2017, New York, NY – Friday, students at Fordham University filed their opposition to the school’...
The Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Federation for Human Rights submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in Jesner v. Arab Bank in defense of the Alien Tort...
Request cites urgency to make information public as possibility for Trump impeachment looms June 15, 2017, New York, NY – Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sought documents under...
Historic Case Has Broken New Legal Ground, Documented Lively’s Campaign of Persecution in Uganda June 6, 2017, New York – Yesterday, a federal court minced no words in affirming that U.S.-based anti-...