40 YEARS LATER: KENT STATE TRUTH TRIBUNAL TO EXAMINE 1970 KILLINGS AT PROTEST OVER BOMBING OF CAMBODIA

April 13, 2010

Family Members of Victims Seek Full Accounting for Events that Triggered National Outrage; Call for Healing and “Restorative Justice” ...more

CCR Charges Congress Violated Constitution in Vote to De-Fund ACORN, Affiliates, Allies

November 12, 2009

Lawsuit Seeks Temporary Restraining Order in Bill of Attainder Case...more

Rights Groups Sue Authorities for First Amendment Violations in Advance of G-20 Summit

September 11, 2009

Attorneys Call Denial of Permits to Activist Groups Bogus...more

CCR Issues Statement in Response to Word of Appointment of Special Prosecutor

August 24, 2009

CCR Demands Full Investigation of Top Officials for Torture and Other Crimes ...more

NEW HARVARD STUDY REVEALS THAT TAXING JOB-BASED HEALTH BENEFITS WOULD HIT WORKING FAMILIES HARDEST

August 20, 2009

Income And Insurance Data Show That Insured, Working-Poor Families Would Be Taxed 140 Times More Than Wall Street Execs...more

In Victory for Black Firefighters, FDNY Hiring Practices Ruled Racially Discriminatory

July 23, 2009

Judge Rules Test Was Not Fair and in Violation of Title VII...more

MISSOURI SUPREME COURT APPOINTS LOCAL JUDGE TO REVIEW EVIDENCE IN REGGIE CLEMONS’S CASE

July 2, 2009

In a significant development in the Reggie Clemons case...more

AS OBAMA REJOINS UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, FIRST UN REPORT HIGHLIGHTS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION FOR KATRINA VICTIMS

June 15, 2009

US Human Rights Network Expresses Outrage at Mass Homelessness...more

SECOND ROUND OF HOMELESSNESS FOR KATRINA VICTIMS AS FEMA PREPARES TO ENFORCE JUNE 1 EVICTION DATE

May 29, 2009

US Human Rights Network Condemns Federal Government’s Move to Repossess Trailers and Leave Thousands Homeless...more

CCR Guantánamo Attorneys Comment After President’s Speech

May 21, 2009

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CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION HEARS TESTIMONY ON SHELL’S ENVIRONMENTAL ABUSES IN THE NIGER DELTA

April 28, 2009

Hearing Comes Four Weeks Before Landmark Human Rights Case...more

Press Statement on U.S. and Durban Review Conference

April 20, 2009

PARTICIPATE OR NOT OBAMA ADMINISTRATION MUST MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW TO ELIMINATE RACISM ...more

US HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK URGES OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO PARTICIPATE IN DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE ON RACISM

April 16, 2009

National Rights Group Says Failure to Attend Would Undermine Administration’s Commitment to Dialogue and Diplomacy ...more

CCR Decries Immunity for Torture, Secrecy

April 16, 2009

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FORMER PERUVIAN PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI CONVICTED OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

April 7, 2009

Center for Justice & Accountability Calls Guilty Verdict Victory for Rule of Law over Rule of Men...more

D.C. Circuit Court Decision Refuses to Allow Advance Notice Before a Guantánamo Detainee is Transferred

April 7, 2009

Decision Would Increase the Risk of Illegal Transfers to Torture...more

LANDMARK HUMAN RIGHTS TRIAL AGAINST ROYAL DUTCH/SHELL POSTPONED

April 3, 2009

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Black Firefighters Ask Court to Rule in DOJ Lawsuit Charging FDNY with Discriminatory Hiring Practices

March 19, 2009

CCR Says Evidence of Title VII Violation Sufficient for Summary Judgment...more

Black Firefighters Ask Court to Rule in DOJ Lawsuit Charging FDNY with Discriminatory Hiring Practices

March 16, 2009

CCR Says Evidence of Discrimination is Clearly Established, Making Further Trial Unnecessary ...more

New Congress and Obama Leave Family Cuba Travel Restrictions in Place, Only De-Fund Enforcement for Seven Months

March 11, 2009

Rights Group Says Despite Bill Signing Family Travel Still Unconstitutionally Restricted...more

Salvadoran Minister of Defense Indicted on Immigration Fraud Charges

February 23, 2009

Rights Group and Torture Victims Laud Obama for Quick Action ...more

Two-Thirds of Americans Want to See Bush Investigated for Torture and Wiretapping; 40 Percent Want Prosecutions

February 12, 2009

Statement from CCR President Michael Ratner, Author of The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld...more

CCR PRAISES OBAMA'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS

January 22, 2009

Cautions Against Escape Hatch for Torture...more

President Obama Circulates Draft Order to Close Guantánamo

January 21, 2009

Guantánamo Attorneys Respond...more

Mohammed al Qahtani Attorneys’ Statement on Government Official Torture Admission

January 14, 2009

Center for Constitutional Rights Attorneys for Guantánamo detainee Mohammed al Qahtani released the following statement...more

KOREAN GOVERNMENT REJECTS OECD COMPLAINT AGAINST DAEWOO INTERNATIONAL DESPITE REPORTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

December 23, 2008

Negative social and environmental impacts in Burma (Myanmar) likely to increase...more

CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS CALLS FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FOLLOWING RELEASE OF BI-PARTISAN REPORT ON TORTURE AND DETAINEE ABUSE

December 12, 2008

Senate Report Confirms Direct Links Between Rumsfeld and Torture Program...more

CHEVRON FOUND NOT LIABLE FOR KILLINGS, SHOOTINGS, AND TORTURE OF NIGERIAN PEACEFUL PROTESTERS: VICTIMS OF EGREGIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES SOUGHT REDRESS IN U.S. COURTS

December 1, 2008

Plaintiffs Will Appeal in Bowoto v. Chevron...more

HAITIAN DEATH SQUAD LEADER TOTO CONSTANT SENTENCED TO 12-37 YEARS IN NEW YORK STATE PRISON FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD

October 29, 2008

Center for Constitutional Rights and Center for Justice and Accountability Issue Statements in Response to Sentencing...more

PROMINENT RIGHTS GROUPS CALL ON ATTORNEY GENERAL TO LIFT SEVERE DETENTION CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON QUEENS MAN

October 21, 2008

The Brennan Center for Justice, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Association of Muslim American Lawyers Say Current Conditions Pose a Threat to Detainee’s Mental Health...more

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL TO GO TO TRIAL FOR COMPLICITY IN HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN NIGERIA

October 8, 2008

New York Judge Sets Trial Date in Lawsuits Filed By the Center for Constitutional Rights For Company’s Role In Torture And Murder Of Nigerian Protesters...more

INCREASING CHINESE INVOLVEMENT IN BURMA (MYANMAR) HYDROPOWER, OIL AND NATURAL GAS, AND MINING SECTORS RAISES CONCERNS OVER POTENTIAL SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

September 29, 2008

Rights Group Releases Most Comprehensive Survey on Chinese Multinational Corporate Investment in Burma...more

REPORT: NEARLY TWENTY-THREE MILLION AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS - TWICE U.S. POVERTY RATE - ARE ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED

September 29, 2008

As Financial Crisis Unfolds on Wall Street and More than A Million Families Face Foreclosure, Ground-breaking Study Calls for Bailout for American Households...more

ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS TESTIFY BEFORE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ABUSES BY CHEVRON IN NIGERIA AND BURMA

September 24, 2008

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law heard today from human rights and environmental activists...more

COURT COMPELS NYPD TO RELEASE 10 YEARS OF STOP AND FRISK DATA TO CCR FOR RACIAL PROFILING CLASS ACTION

September 11, 2008

Ruling Marks First Time Data Will Be Made Public...more

TRUTH COMMISSION ON POVERTY IN AMERICA LOOKS AT LACK OF ACCESS TO HOUSING, HEALTHCARE AND EMPLOYMENT IN AMERICA

September 4, 2008

Testimonies Highlight Economic Impact of U.S. Economic Policies on Poor and Unemployed...more

POOR PEOPLE’S ECONOMIC HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN ERECTS “BUSHVILLE” TENT CITY AS PART OF ACTIVITIES TO DRAW ATTENTION TO POVERTY IN AMERICA AT REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

August 28, 2008

The Campaign Will Hold A Series of Activities Leading Up To “March for Our Lives”...more

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT BLOCKS NIGERIANS FROM COMING TO TESTIFY IN HUMAN RIGHTS SUIT AGAINST CHEVRON

August 28, 2008

Villagers Seek Court Assistance to Testify in Landmark Suit against Oil Giant...more

CCR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VINCENT WARREN DENOUNCES MEDELLIN EXECUTION AND U.S. FLOUTING OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

August 6, 2008

In response to the execution in Texas today of Mexican citizen Jose Medellin, Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vincent Warren issued the following statement...more

IN EFFORT TO ESCAPE LIABILITY FOR TOXIC POLLUTION IN AMAZON, OIL GIANT CHEVRON LOBBIES BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO PUNISH ECUADOR

August 1, 2008

As Profits Hit Record High Chevron Lobbies U.S. Trade Representative to Cancel Trade Preferences to Circumvent Facing Justice for Role in Amazon Devastation...more

FORMER HATIAITN PARAMILITARY LEADER “TOTO” CONSTANT CONVICTED OF MORTGAGE FRAUD

July 25, 2008

CCR Applauds Victory Against Serial Human Rights Abuser and Seeks Justice for All His Victims...more

CCR LOOKS FORWARD TO HAGUE VINDICATION FOR ALL KARADZIC VICTIMS

July 22, 2008

Rape and Sexual Violence as Torture and Genocide Central to CCR’s $4.5 Billion Default Judgment Against Bosnian Serb Leader...more

NOTORIOUS HAITIAN DEATH SQUAD LEADER TO STAND TRIAL FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD IN NEW YORK

July 8, 2008

Activists Rally Outside State Supreme Court on First Day of Trial for Emmanuel “Toto” Constant...more

NO JUSTICE FOR CANADIAN RENDITION VICTIM MAHER ARAR

June 30, 2008

COURT REFUSES TO HOLD US OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR COMPLICITY IN TORTURE ABROAD...more

FOUR NEW ABU GHRAIB TORTURE LAWSUITS TARGET MILITARY CONTRACTORS IN U.S. COURTS

June 30, 2008

Four former Abu Ghraib detainees are suing two U.S. military contractor corporations and three individual contractors...more

FEDERAL JUDGE ADDS TORTURE AND CRUEL TREATMENT CLAIMS AGAINST CHEVRON TO UPCOMING TRIAL ON BEATING AND SHOOTING OF NIGERIAN PROTESTORS

June 2, 2008

Trial Will Include Claims Under International Human Rights Law Brought by Victims of 1998 Attack on Demonstrators at Chevron Offshore Platform in Nigeria...more

LAWYERS FOR LARRY BOWOTO, NIGERIAN PLAINTIFF IN LANDMARK HUMAN RIGHTS CASE, RESPOND TO CHEVRON EXECUTIVE’S COMMENTS

May 28, 2008

Lawyers for Nigerian Plaintiff in Landmark Human Rights Case Blast Chevron Exec's Comments at Shareholders Meeting...more

BATTERED WOMEN CLAIM NYC FAMILY COURT SYSTEM PUTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AND THEIR CHILDREN IN DANGER

May 8, 2008

New Report Documents Systemic Failings of Family Court ...more

BURMA EXPERTS CALL ON U.S. AND BURMESE OFFICIALS TO DELIEVER IMMEDIATE AID TO AFFECTED COMMUNITIES

May 7, 2008

HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEGAL EXPERTS AVAILABLE TO COMMENT ON CYCLONE TRAGEDY...more

New Abu Ghraib Torture Claims Filed Against Military Contractors,According to Legal Team for Former ‘Ghost’ Detainee

May 5, 2008

Attorneys Say New Book by Defendants Shows Company Internal Investigations Bogus...more

DOCUMENTARY ON ISRAEL’S FORCED MILITARY SERVICE WINS BEST SHORT PRIZE IN TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

May 2, 2008

Groundbreaking Film Focuses On Young Israelis Who Refuse to Enlist in IDF...more

REPORT: CHEVRON FINANCING, PROFITING FROM AND LIABLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BURMA (MYANMAR)

April 29, 2008

Energy Giant is Largest U.S. Investor in Burma; Military Junta’s Direct Business Partner...more

LEADING NEW YORK JEWS ISSUE PASSOVER CALL FOR SUPPORT FOR ARAB-AMERICAN EDUCATOR WHO WAS VICTIM OF RACIST ATTACKS

April 23, 2008

Group Says Debbie Almontaser Was Discriminated Against and Call for Her Return to Khalil Gibran International Academy...more

DOCUMENTARY ON ISRAEL’S FORCED MILITARY SERVICE FEATURED IN TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

April 22, 2008

Groundbreaking Film Focuses on the Lives of Young Israeli Artists Who Refuse to Join Israeli Defense Forces...more

ON 12TH ANNIVERSARY OF IDF SHELLING U.N. COMPOUNDCCR CALLS ON ISRAEL TO COMPENSATE QANA SURVIVORS

April 18, 2008

BOMBING KILLED MORE THAN 100 LEBANESE CIVILIANS...more

COMMUNITIES IN SUPPORT OF KHALIL GIBRAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY JOIN COUNCIL WOMAN LETICIA JAMES IN CALLING FOR MORE COMMUNITY INVOLMENT IN THE DECISION TO MOVE DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL

April 9, 2008

KGIA Parents Also Express Concern about Ongoing Instability in the Schoo...more

US Human Rights Network Urges U.S. to Sign UN Charter on Disabled Rights

April 4, 2008

US Human Rights Network welcomes news of a UN treaty that protects the rights of people with disabilities...more

US Human Rights Network Commemorates MLK Anniversary

April 4, 2008

On the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the US Human Rights Network (USHRN) issued the statement...more

TOP EDUCATORS CALL ON BLOOMBERG AND KLEIN TO RESTORE ARAB AMERICAN PRINCIPAL TO HEAD OF DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL

April 2, 2008

From NYU to UCLA Educators Rally around Debbie Almontaser...more

APPEALS COURT SENDS ARAB-AMERICAN EDUCATOR’S CASE BACK TO DISTRICT COURT FOR FULL TRIAL

March 20, 2008

Justices Sharply Criticize Department of Education For Discipline of Debbie Almontaser Based on an Inaccurate and Misconstrued News Story...more

US HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK COMMENTS ON STATE DEPARTMENT COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

March 11, 2008

U.S. Department of State released annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices...more

UN COMMITTEE VOICES CONCERNS ON US FAILURE TO UPHOLD RACISM TREATY OBLIGATIONS

March 7, 2008

Rights Network Says Committee’s Observations Back View That Current U.S. Laws Inadequate to Address Discrimination...more

ARAB-AMERICAN EDUCATOR CHARGES NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WITH DISCRIMINATION

March 3, 2008

Former Founding Principal of Khalil Gibran International Academy Charges that the Doe Discriminated Against Her On The Basis Of Race, Religion, and National Origin Also: School’s Math Teacher Says Leadership is Lacking without Almontaser and the Mission of the School Has Been Lost...more

U.S. GOVERNMENT ON UNITED NATIONS HOT SEAT FOR RACISM POST-HURRICANE KATRINA New Orleans and Gulf Coast Residents Present Case of Ethnic Cleansing to U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

February 21, 2008

Today representatives of the United States government will face questioning by the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (“CERD”) regarding housing assistance programs for predominantly African American displaced residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and other governmental responses. ...more

OVER 120 U.S. ACTIVISTS AND EXPERTS IN GENEVA TO MONITOR UN HEARING ON U.S. RECORD ON RACE

February 19, 2008

UN Committee to Question Top Level U.S. Government Delegation As Activists Accuse U.S. of Whitewashing Reality of Race Discrimination in America...more

EDUCATOR TO ASK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS TO UPHOLD HER FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS

February 1, 2008

On Tuesday, February 5th, a 3-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals will hear arguments in Almontaser v. New York City Department of Education, a federal lawsuit charging the DOE with violating the First Amendment rights of Debbie Almontaser...more

FORMER ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN FIGHTERS EMBARK ON SPEAKING TOUR OF U.S.

January 15, 2008

January 14, 2008, New York, NY – On Wednesday, January 16, Bassam Aramin and Yonatan Shapira, founding members of the Jerusalem-based Combatants for Peace (C4P), will launch a U.S. speaking tour aimed at educating Americans about the Israeli occupation and advocating for a non-violent resolution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people. Combatants for Peace is a group of former Israeli soldiers and former Palestinian fighters who have joined in solidarity to end the violence which has engulfed Israel/Palestine for generations. They have dedicated their lives to ending the occupation and seeking peace through non-violent means. They have also rallied in pursuit of justice following the killing of Abir Aramin, the ten-year-old daughter of Bassam.-...more

FORMER COMBATANTS ADVOCATING FOR NON-VIOLENT SOLUTION IN ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT TO SPEAK IN NYC

January 8, 2008

January 8, 2008, New York, NY – Founding members of Combatants for Peace, Bassam Aramin and Yonatan Shapira, will be speaking at St. Marks Church in New York City on Wednesday, January 16, as the first U.S. stop in a multi-city speaking tour....more

BLACKWATER ACCUSED OF ANOTHER CIVILIAN KILLING IN NEW LAWSUIT ACCORDING TO LEGAL TEAM FOR FAMILY OF SLAIN BAGHDAD MAN

December 19, 2007

The estate of an Iraqi man who was killed when Blackwater personnel opened fire on innocent bystanders in and around Al Watahba Square in Baghdad on September 9 sued the private military contractor in Washington federal court today....more

MORE THAN 250 TORTURE VICTIMS COME FORWARD TO SUE CACI FOR PARTICIPATING IN CONSPIRACY TO TORTURE

December 18, 2007

Hundreds of innocent torture victims came forward and filed a complaint in Washington federal court last night against CACI, the private military contractor involved torturing and abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib and other prisons in Iraq....more

HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS CALL DESTRUCTION OF LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS IN NEW ORLEANS ACT OF RACIAL CLEANSING

December 13, 2007

Advocates Say Federal Government Continues its Assault on Displaced Residents...more

NEW REPORT BY THE OPPORTUNITY AGENDA SHOWS AMERICANS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS AT HOME

December 10, 2007

Polling Data Reveals that Americans Believe U.S. Needs to Make Progress in Promoting and Protecting Rights...more

WHITEWASH: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP SAYS U.S. REPORT ON RACE COVERS UP REALITY OF DISCRIMINATION IN AMERICA

December 10, 2007

Human Rights Network Issues “Shadow Report” to UN Committee Report Challenging State Department View...more

THE OPPORTUNITY AGENDA TO PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN IOWA

November 28, 2007

Thousands Expected at the Heartland Presidential Forum Where Real People Will Confront Candidates with Real Issues...more

REPORT: TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM EVERY DAY PRODUCTS FOUND IN AVERAGE AMERICANS

November 8, 2007

Nationwide Biomonitoring Project Reveals Contamination in Cross Section of Society Coalition of Environmental Groups Calls for Government and Corporate Action to Phase out Dangerous Chemicals in Favor of Safer Alternatives...more

MILITARY FAMILIES MOURN 2007 RECORD DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ

November 8, 2007

The U.S. military announced six troop deaths on Tuesday, making 2007 the deadliest year for American troops since the start of the Iraq War. Military families across the country are outraged and saddened by the continued loss of lives in Iraq. ...more

Maher Arar Testified Before Congressional Hearing On Rendition About U.S. Sending Him To Be Tortured In Syria

October 18, 2007

CCR Attorneys Called on U.S. Government to Launch Investigation, Apologize for Maher's Rendition, and Hold Those Responsible Accountable...more

FEDERAL PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY LAUNCHES MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN IN MOSSVILLE, LOUISIANA

September 27, 2007

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Sends False Public Health Message Equivalent to Doctors Promoting Cigarette Smoking in Old TV Ads...more