July 14, 2011, Washington, D.C.– A group of international human rights organizations filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in the case of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum in...
July 6, 2011, New York and Washington – Documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), the Center for...
June 29, 2011, New York, Jerusalem – Working under cover of dark in the early morning hours of June 26, Israeli bulldozers entered an intact part of the ancient Mamilla Cemetery, Jerusalem...
WASHINGTON, June 27 /PRNewswire/ - The U.S. Supreme Court sent a terrible message with its refusal today to hear the case of 250 civilians allegedly tortured and seriously harmed by corporate...
May 31, 2011, WASHINGTON -- The Obama Administration struck a blow to the protection of fundamental human rights by recommending that the U.S. Supreme Court not hear the case of 250 civilians...
May 24, 20011, Washington, D.C. – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) today launched a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking immediate release of documents that the United States...
May 6, 2011, New York – Today, Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vince Warren issued the following statement: In the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden, it is a time to be...
February 17, 2011, New York, Geneva – Over one year after a group of 60 individuals petitioned United Nations officials to stop the desecration and destruction of an ancient Muslim cemetery in...
February 1, 2011, New York and San Francisco – Last night the federal district court in San Francisco dismissed CCR v. Obama , a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)...
January 5, 2011, New York and Phoenix – Attorneys representing lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) were in court late yesterday seeking...