CJA’s 15th Anniversary Dinner, May 14, 2013

CJA will present the 2013 Partner in Justice Award to Latham & Watkins. The firm served as pro bono co-counsel on CJA’s Ahmed v. Magan case which resulted in the first judgment ever to hold a member of the notorious Somali National Security Service accountable for human rights violations committed under the brutal military dictatorship that ruled Somalia for 20 years.

Robert Duval is a Haitian human rights activist. In 1975, Duval was imprisoned without charge at Fort Dimanche—a notorious prison, where hundreds of opponents of Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier were forcibly disappeared. Starved and tortured for 17 months, Duval was on the brink of death when Amnesty International and President Jimmy Carter secured his release in 1977.

Ahmed Salah has been an activist and member of Egypt's protest movements since 2001. He was a founding member of Kefaya (the Egyptian Movement for Change) in 2004 and served as a member of the Coordinators Council. He also co-founded and coordinated the youth protest movement Youth for Change.

Dr. Paz y Paz is Guatemala's first woman Attorney General and has made unprecedented strides in the prosecution of organized crime, political corruption and human rights. She is the first Guatemalan law enforcement official to prosecute those responsible for human rights abuses committed by the military dictatorship controlled by then President and General Ríos Montt, including the genocide of over 200,000 Mayans. Dr. Paz y Paz and her team have built the case against former General Ríos Montt for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.

Thank you to our 2012 Annual Dinner Sponsors

Each year at our Annual Dinner, CJA honors an individual or organization who has made an outstanding contribution to the movement for global justice with The Judith Lee Stronach Human Rights Award.