Media Contact Nushin Sarkarati nsarkarati@cja.org +1(415) 529-7752 January 8, 2021 The Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP—acting on behalf of Ahimsa Wickrematunge, the daughter of acclaimed Sri Lankan journalis
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
Families of victims of police violence and civil society groups call on UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure effective implementation of UN Human Rights Council resolution on police violence and structural racism
- August 4, 2020
August 3, 2020 H.E. Michelle Bachelet United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais Wilson 52 rue des Pâquis CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland (via email: mbachelet@ohchr.org) Dear High Commissioner, The undersigned families of victims of police v
United States: Human rights coalition rejects report issued by State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights
- July 30, 2020
July 30, 2020 Professor Mary Ann Glendon Commission on Unalienable Rights C/O Duncan H. Walker U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C. 20520 cc: The Honorable Mike Pompeo, Secretary, U.S. Department of State Peter Berkowitz, Director of Policy Planni
United States: Human Rights Organizations Request Hearing on Structural Racism and Police Violence in the US before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- July 23, 2020
Download PDF – Request for Hearing 2020.07.21
Gambia: US Charges Alleged ‘Death Squad’ Member with Torture
- June 12, 2020
Correa Indictment is Major Advance for Victims of Abuses during Jammeh Rule (Banjul, June 12, 2020) – The indictment in the United States on June 11, 2020 of an alleged former Gambian “death squad” member on torture charges is an important step for Ga
COALITION LETTER — REQUEST FOR U.N. INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO ESCALATING SITUATION OF POLICE VIOLENCE AND REPRESSION OF PROTESTS IN THE UNITED STATES
- June 11, 2020
June 8, 2020 To Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council Re: Request for the Convening of a Special Session on the Escalating Situation of Police Violence and Repression of Protests in the United States Excellencies, The undersigned family me
CJA joins the Coalition for the ICC and over one hundred civil society organizations calling on the States Parties to the Rome Statute to reaffirm their support for the Court and the Rome Statute system, especially in face of recent threats to its independence and mandate from the US government.
- April 30, 2020
New York, 28 April 2020 Your Excellency, We, the undersigned organizations, call on your State and all States Parties to the Rome Statute to show support for the Rome Statute system and the International Criminal Court (ICC), especially in the face of
