A federal appeals court has reinstated a human rights lawsuit against a former prime minister of Somalia who is accused of overseeing killings and other atrocities.
Carranza Verdict Upheld
- March 17, 2009
A federal appeals court has reinstated a human rights lawsuit against a former prime minister of Somalia who is accused of overseeing killings and other atrocities.
Nearly 20 years after the Salvadoran Army murdered six Jesuit priests in one of the most notorious incidents of the country’s civil war, a criminal complaint filed in the Spanish High Court has revived hopes that those behind the slaughter could face trial.
CJA International Attorney Almudena Bernabeu and U.C Hastings College of the Law Professor Naomi Roht-Arriaza summarize the history of the case and the historic 2008 testimony of Mayan genocide survivors in Madrid.