A compression latch (10, 100) for a door comprising: a driver that is rotatable with respect to the door between an unlocked position and a locked position, said driver being configured to be mounted to one side of the door, a driver shaft that is non-rotatably connected to the driver such that said driver shaft rotates along with said driver, and a pawl assembly (90, 72, 80, 70, 94) that is configured to be mounted to an opposite side of the door, said pawl assembly (90, 72, 80, 70, 94) comprising (i) a housing that is configured to be fixedly mounted to the door, and (ii) a pawl that is movably connected to the housing and is configured to both rotate and translate with respect to the housing in response to rotation of the driver shaft (20, wherein, in an unlocked position of the driver, the pawl is positioned to permit opening of the door, and, in a locked position of the driver, the pawl is positioned to prevent opening of the door, and wherein the compression latch (10, 100) is configured to translate the pawl closer toward the door upon rotating the driver from the unlocked position to the locked position; wherein the driver shaft includes a proximal end that is non-rotatably connected to the driver, and a distal end that is non-rotatably connected to said pawl; wherein the pawl is fixedly connected to a shaft of the pawl assembly (90, 72, 80, 70, 94), and the shaft of the pawl assembly (90, 72, 80, 70, 94) is non-rotatably connected to the driver shaft; and wherein the shaft of the pawl assembly (90, 72, 80, 70, 94) includes a threaded shaft that is configured to be connected to the pawl, and characterized in that a sleeve is non-rotatably connected to the threaded shaft as well as the driver shaft. a driver that is rotatable with respect to the door between an unlocked position and a locked position, said driver being configured to be mounted to one side of the door, a driver shaft that is non-rotatably connected to the driver such that said driver shaft rotates along with said driver, and a pawl assembly (90, 72, 80, 70, 94) that is configured to be mounted to an opposite side of the door, said pawl assembly (90, 72, 80, 70, 94) comprising (i) a housing that is configured to be fixedly mounted to the door, and (ii) a pawl that is movably connected to the housing and is configured to both rotate and translate with respect to the housing in response to rotation of the driver shaft (20, wherein, in an unlocked position of the driver, the pawl is positioned to permit opening of the door, and, in a locked position of the driver, the pawl is positioned to prevent opening of the door, and wherein the compression latch (10, 100) is configured to translate the pawl closer toward the door upon rotating the driver from the unlocked position to the locked position; wherein the driver shaft includes a proximal end that is non-rotatably connected to the driver, and a distal end that is non-rotatably connected to said pawl; wherein the pawl is fixedly connected to a shaft of the pawl assembly (90, 72, 80, 70, 94), and the shaft of the pawl assembly (90, 72, 80, 70, 94) is non-rotatably connected to the driver shaft; and wherein the shaft of the pawl assembly (90, 72, 80, 70, 94) includes a threaded shaft that is configured to be connected to the pawl, and characterized in that a sleeve is non-rotatably connected to the threaded shaft as well as the driver shaft.