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
U.S. Jury Finds Gambian Death Squad Member Guilty of Torture
- April 15, 2025
Denver, Colorado, USA April 15, 2025 – Today, a Denver jury found Michael Sang Correa guilty of five counts of torture and one count of conspiracy to commit torture. This verdict marks the first time a U.S. jury has ever held a non-U.S. citizen crimina
Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review 2025
- April 7, 2025
The Center for Justice and Accountability is proud to join TRIAL International, REDRESS, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and Civitas Maxima in publishing this year’s Univers
Alleged Gambian Death Squad Member to Stand Trial for Torture in Denver, Colorado
- March 26, 2025
Denver, CO (United States) and Banjul (The Gambia), March 26, 2025 Michael Sang Correa is charged with six counts of torture and one count of conspiracy to commit torture. He is allegedly a former member of the Junglers, a notorious death squad in The
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.
