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
Remembering Rita Maran
- November 5, 2025
Rita Maran was a fierce advocate for human rights, a committed scholar, and one of CJA’s founding board members. Her life’s work—spanning activism, diplomacy, teaching, and research—embodied the principles at the heart of CJA’s mission: justice, accoun
Former Jungler Sentenced For Torture
- August 22, 2025
Denver, Colorado, USA August 22, 2025 – Today, a federal judge sentenced Michael Sang Correa to 810 months or 67.5 years in prison for torture committed in The Gambia in 2006. During today’s sentencing hearing, Judge Christine M. Arguello, who presid
Sentencing Hearing for Michael Correa Scheduled
- August 12, 2025
Sentencing Hearing for Michael Correa Scheduled U.S. Federal Court will be conducting sentencing hearing of former Jungler, Michael Sang Correa on August 22, 2025, in Denver, Colorado, USA. On April 15, 2025, after a five-day trial in U.S. federal cou
When I testified, a strength came over me. I felt like I was in the prow of a boat and that there were many, many people rowing behind – that they were moving me into this moment. …. Being involved in this case, confronting the Generals with these terrible facts – that’s the best possible therapy a torture survivor could have.