On Capitol Hill, debate has begun over forming a truth commission to shed light on the Bush administration’s secret polices on detention, interrogation and domestic spying. A hearing on the issue was...
September 23, 2009, New York and Washington DC —In response to the CIA’s refusal to either ‘confirm or deny’ the existence of key torture documents, three human rights groups...
September 4, 2009 – Today, Judge Trendafilova of the International Criminal Court (ICC) denied a petition filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the International Women's Human...
New York and Washington, February 22, 2010 —New FOIA documents illustrate that key congressional members from both houses were briefed numerous times about the Central Intelligence Agency...
This is a public statement by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation...
June 9, 2010— A broad coalition of human rights, health, and religious groups filed a formal complaint today with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Human Research...
June 14, 2010, New York, Jerusalem, Geneva – Today, parties defending a 12th Century Muslim cemetery and holy site in Jerusalem from desecration by Israeli authorities and a U.S. financier...
May 16, 2008, MIAMI and MONTPELIER, Vt. - The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), along with American Civil Liberties Union affiliates in Florida, Vermont and Massachusetts, today filed a joint...
September 1, 2010, San Francisco, New York and Washington D.C. —In a teleconference press briefing today, public officials and civil rights organizations underscored that nearly two years after...
September 17, 2010, New York: Today, the City of New York refused to select a non-discriminatory method for hiring entry-level firefighters, even though the court gave it the freedom to choose from...
