The Center for Constitutional Rights, with assistance from the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, has developed a packet of pro se materials for Haitians in post-final order of removal detention. The...
February 10, 2010, New York, Jerusalem, Geneva, Los Angeles – Today, parties defending a 12th Century Muslim cemetery and holy site from desecration by Israeli authorities and a U.S. developer...
SI OU PÈDI KAY OU NAN TRANBLEMANN TÈ A Men Kèk Dwa Ou Dwe Konnen Ou Genyen 1. Fòk yo bay moun ki pèdi kay yo mwayen pou yo jwenn manje, dlo, kote pou yo rete, rad,...
A year ago, hopes ran high that a newly -elected President Obama would undo the shameful legacy of the Bush Administration - - a legacy that includes torture, preventative detention, and rendition...
February 3, 2010, New York, NY — Today, the National Day Laborer Organization Network (NDLON), the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Immigration Justice Clinic of the Benjamin N...
January 22, 2010 Judge Orders New York to Correct Bias in Fire Department By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT A federal judge on Thursday ordered the City of New York to remedy years of discriminatory hiring in...
January 14, 2010, New York, Washington DC, and Port-au-Prince – In the wake of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, six prominent rights groups issued a statement today calling for relief...
The federal government must continue to provide grant money to the national community organizing group ACORN, a federal court ruled Friday, saying that the House violated the Constitution when it...
NEW YORK, December 1, 2009 - Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $19 million judgment against Emmanuel “Toto” Constant, the former leader of Haiti’s notorious death...
November 24, 2009, Albany, NY – Yesterday, the Court of Appeals of the State of New York affirmed the dismissal of Walton v. New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) . The...