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Bayou Bridge Pipeline Opponents, National Civil Rights Attorneys File to Intervene to Oppose Renegade Security Firm at Louisiana State Licensing Hearing

November 9, 2017

Thursday, November 9, 2017, Baton Rouge, LA – Today, a broad base of Louisiana advocacy groups opposed to the Bayou Bridge Pipeline, represented by the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights...

Groups Send Letter Urging UN to Release Database of Businesses That Raise Human Rights Concerns in Israeli Settlements

November 8, 2017

November 8, 2017 – The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), Access Now, Center for Constitutional Rights, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), CORE,...

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Government Transparency Against Private Prison Corporations

October 10, 2017

Highest Court Rejects Private Prisons’ Petition to Limit Release of Government Documents October 10, 2017, New York, NY – Today, the Supreme Court denied a petition by private prison corporations...

Yale Law School, CCR Release New Report Documenting Little-Known Form of Extreme Isolation in Federal Prisons

September 28, 2017

September 28, 2017, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Allard K. Lowenstein Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School released a report documenting the U.S. government’...

CCR Mourns the Loss of International Human Rights Champion Prof. Cherif Bassiouni

September 26, 2017

September 25, 2017, New York – In response to the passing of Cherif Bassiouni, Emeritus Professor of Law at DePaul University, former United Nations official, and international law expert, the Center...

CCR Mourns Loss of Barbara Blaine, Founder of SNAP – Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

September 25, 2017

September 25, 2017, New York – In response to news that Barbara Blaine, founder and former president of SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests),died yesterday, the Center for...

Court Rules Abu Ghraib Survivors’ Case of Torture Against Private Military Contractor Can Proceed

September 22, 2017

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...

Report to UN Committee Slams Vatican’s Continued Failure to Protect Children from Sexual Violence

September 5, 2017

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 (...

Demanda Colectiva Desafía Práctica de Rechazar a Solicitantes de Asilo en la Frontera Sur de los Estados Unidos

July 12, 2017

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,...

Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Practice of Turning Away Asylum Seekers at U.S. Southern Border

July 12, 2017

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...

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Press Releases

Bayou Bridge Pipeline Opponents, National Civil Rights Attorneys File to Intervene to Oppose Renegade Security Firm at Louisiana State Licensing Hearing

Groups Send Letter Urging UN to Release Database of Businesses That Raise Human Rights Concerns in Israeli Settlements

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Government Transparency Against Private Prison Corporations

Yale Law School, CCR Release New Report Documenting Little-Known Form of Extreme Isolation in Federal Prisons

CCR Mourns the Loss of International Human Rights Champion Prof. Cherif Bassiouni

CCR Mourns Loss of Barbara Blaine, Founder of SNAP – Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

Court Rules Abu Ghraib Survivors’ Case of Torture Against Private Military Contractor Can Proceed

Report to UN Committee Slams Vatican’s Continued Failure to Protect Children from Sexual Violence

Demanda Colectiva Desafía Práctica de Rechazar a Solicitantes de Asilo en la Frontera Sur de los Estados Unidos

Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Practice of Turning Away Asylum Seekers at U.S. Southern Border

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