Our Impact

We make law.
CJA has developed key legal doctrine that sets standards for international human rights prosecutions.

We uphold truth & dignity.
“Survivors of torture around the world will not be silenced. With the help of CJA we are rising up to hold our abusers accountable.” – Nobel Prize winner and CJA client Rigoberta Menchú Tum.

We win cases.
CJA has won favorable verdicts in every case that has gone to trial.
News
Judge Allows Torture and Extrajudicial Killing Claims to Proceed Against Former Colombian Military Leader
- March 15, 2023
Miami, Florida, March 15, 2023 — Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruled that extrajudicial killing and torture claims relating to the death of Colombian magistrate judge Carlos Horacio Urán Rojas can proceed agai
Trial of Former Haitian Mayor for Campaign of Violence Begins
- March 13, 2023
Boston, Massachusetts, March 13, 2023 – Today, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), Morrison & Foerster LLP, and Dentons US LLP, began presenting evidence in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Jean Morose
LANDMARK HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST LIBERIA IN WEST AFRICAN COURT FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE JUSTICE FOR MASSACRE OF SIX HUNDRED CIVILIANS
- October 4, 2022
ABUJA, Nigeria, October 4, 2022 – The Center for Justice and Accountability, along with its partners the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, have filed suit against the government of Liberia on