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Human Rights Groups Urge Israel to End Impunity for Killing of Rachel Corrie

May 21, 2014

May 21, 2014, New York, Paris, Gaza, Jerusalem, Ramallah – On the occasion of the appeal in the civil suit filed by the family of Rachel Corrie against the State of Israel for the death of the...

Vatican Officials Questioned by Second UN Committee About Sexual Violence

May 5, 2014

May 5, 2014, Geneva – Today, the Vatican was summoned to appear before the United Nations Committee Against Torture to report on its record in preventing, punishing and redressing torture,...

Vatican Summoned to Report to UN Committee on Torture

April 14, 2014

April 14, 2014, New York – Late on Friday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), representing the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), filed a report with the United...

Pope Asks Forgiveness for “Evil” of Church Sex Abuse Epidemic. Survivors Highlight Concrete Actions He Must Take If Serious

April 11, 2014

April 11, 2014 – In response to Pope Francis’s statement today asking for “forgiveness for the damage [some priests] have done for having sexually abused children" and...

Appeals Court Upholds Olympia Food Co-op's Boycott of Israeli Goods

April 7, 2014

April 7, 2014, Seattle – Today, the Washington State Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by five members of the Olympia Food Co-op against current and former members of...

Anti-Boycott Resolution Rejected in Illinois State Senate Committee

April 2, 2014

April 2, 2014, Chicago – Yesterday afternoon, the Senate Judiciary Committee of the Illinois Senate rejected Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 59, proposed by Senator Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago),...

CCR Condemns Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill Signed into Law Today

February 24, 2014

February 24, 2014, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement in response to reports that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed the...

Ugandan President Museveni Announces He Will Sign Anti-Gay Bill into Law

February 14, 2014

February 14, 2014, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement in response to reports that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has decided to sign...

CCR, NLG and CAIR-USA Ask House Education Committee to Oppose Anti-Boycott Bill

February 12, 2014

February 1 2, 2014 , New York - The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations-USA (CAIR-USA) sent members of the House of...

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...

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Press Releases

Human Rights Groups Urge Israel to End Impunity for Killing of Rachel Corrie

Vatican Officials Questioned by Second UN Committee About Sexual Violence

Vatican Summoned to Report to UN Committee on Torture

Pope Asks Forgiveness for “Evil” of Church Sex Abuse Epidemic. Survivors Highlight Concrete Actions He Must Take If Serious

Appeals Court Upholds Olympia Food Co-op's Boycott of Israeli Goods

Anti-Boycott Resolution Rejected in Illinois State Senate Committee

CCR Condemns Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill Signed into Law Today

Ugandan President Museveni Announces He Will Sign Anti-Gay Bill into Law

CCR, NLG and CAIR-USA Ask House Education Committee to Oppose Anti-Boycott Bill

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

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