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“Corporate Accountability Now” Website Launched As Supreme Court Prepares to Consider Whether Corporations Can Be Held Liable

February 13, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 13, 2012 — As the U.S Supreme Court prepares to consider whether corporations are immune from liability for human rights violations, a coalition of leading human rights...

Human Rights Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Corporate Liability for Human Rights Violations

December 22, 2011

December 22, 2011, New York, NY—Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), acting on behalf of leading human rights organizations and experts, submitted an amicus brief to the...

Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Challenge Corporate Impunity

December 20, 2011

December 20, 2011, New York – Last night, attorneys for Iraqi torture victims abused in the infamous Abu Ghraib prison and other detention centers in Iraq challenged two private military...

Court Agrees Lawsuit by Man Charged With Forced Labor an Attempt to Silence Human Rights Group

December 15, 2011

December 15, 2011, Los Angeles, New York, Paris – Yesterday, lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Bostwick & Jassy LLP defending the International Federation for...

DISTRICT COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF KEY ICE MEMORANDUM

October 25, 2011

October 25, 2011, New York —Last night, Judge Shira Scheindlin ordered the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to publicly disclose by November 1 a previously withheld internal...

Secure Communities Dragnet Includes US Citizens

October 19, 2011

Reading Guide to Report Available at: http://uncoverthetruth.org/resources/warren-report/ October 19, 2011, New York, NY - The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the National Day Laborer...

Human Rights Group Fights Back Against Legal Attack by Man Charged with Forced Labor

October 19, 2011

October 18, 2011 – Los Angeles, New York, Paris – Late last night, in a lawsuit brought against the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) by California-based agricultural labor...

Center for Constitutional Rights Issues Statement of Support for Occupy Wall Street

October 14, 2011

October 14, 2011, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in support of the Occupy Wall Street protesters: The Center for Constitutional Rights...

Six-Figure Settlement Reached in Federal Lawsuit Challenging Police and Secret Service Crackdown on Democracy Now! Journalists

October 3, 2011

October 3, 2011, Minneapolis, MN — Today, award-winning journalist Amy Goodman announced that a final settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit brought by Goodman and Democracy Now!...

CCR Statement on the Execution of Troy Davis

September 22, 2011

September 22, 2011 . The execution of Troy Anthony Davis by lethal injection at 11:08 p.m. on September 21 marked a low point for justice in America and has further tarnished our country’s...

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Press Releases

“Corporate Accountability Now” Website Launched As Supreme Court Prepares to Consider Whether Corporations Can Be Held Liable

Human Rights Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Corporate Liability for Human Rights Violations

Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Challenge Corporate Impunity

Court Agrees Lawsuit by Man Charged With Forced Labor an Attempt to Silence Human Rights Group

DISTRICT COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF KEY ICE MEMORANDUM

Secure Communities Dragnet Includes US Citizens

Human Rights Group Fights Back Against Legal Attack by Man Charged with Forced Labor

Center for Constitutional Rights Issues Statement of Support for Occupy Wall Street

Six-Figure Settlement Reached in Federal Lawsuit Challenging Police and Secret Service Crackdown on Democracy Now! Journalists

CCR Statement on the Execution of Troy Davis

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