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
DEMANDA PRESENTADA EN CONTRA DE UN EX OFICIAL DEL EJÉRCITO ARGENTINO ACUSADO POR SU PARTICIPACIÓN EN LA MASACRE DE PRESOS POLÍTICOS EN 1972
- October 21, 2020
Cuatro de los y las familiares de las víctimas buscan justicia. Denunciaron a Roberto Guillermo Bravo, quien ha evadido la justicia, por su presunta participación en la Masacre de Trelew Contacto de prensa Claret Vargas cvargas@cja.org San Francisco
LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST FORMER ARGENTINE NAVAL OFFICER ACCUSED OF 1972 MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
- October 21, 2020
Four of the victims’ families seek justice against Roberto Guillermo Bravo, who has avoided accountability for his alleged role in the Argentine massacre Media Contact Sophie Cikovsky 415.732.7800 SophieC@infiniteglobal.com San Francisco, Californi
Liberia: Joint Statement Calling on Government of Liberia to Protect Human Rights Defenders
- August 6, 2020
For Immediate Release Protect Human Rights Defenders in Liberia August 5, 2020 — Recent credible threats against human rights defenders who, for many years, have been fighting for justice alongside victims of Liberia’s civil wars are a source of great
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.