Civil society organizations, including the Center for Justice and Accountability, while welcoming Sweden’s interest in increasing criminal accountability for atrocities committed in Syria and Iraq, advise against designing any accountability mecha
FORMER SOMALI ARMY COMMANDER LIVING IN VIRGINIA FOUND LIABLE FOR TORTURE DURING COUNTRY’S CIVIL WAR
- May 21, 2019
For Immediate Release Contact: Lisa Cohen (310) 395-2544 / lisa@lisacohen.org A jury in the Eastern District of Virginia finds Colonel Yusuf Abdi Ali (aka “Tukeh”) liable for the torture
Former Somali Commander and Current Virginia Resident to Face Trial in Virginia for Torture and Attempted Extrajudicial Killing During Country’s Civil War
- April 18, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY & BACKGROUND WHEN: May 13-17, 2019, starting at 9 a.m. WHERE: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse 401 Courthouse Square Alexandria, VA 22314 MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Cohen (310
Q&A: Justice for Civil Wars-Era Crimes in Liberia
- April 1, 2019
Liberia’s history has been punctuated by periods of profound social upheaval underscored by injustice and serious human rights violations. These dynamics in large part led to two devastating civil wars in the last 30 years. This question and answer doc
50 Civil Society Organizations and Experts Join Calls for Continued U.S. Funding of Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- March 1, 2019
On March 1, 2019, CJA joins fifty civil society organizations and experts calling on the U.S. Government to continue its support of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a key institution mandated to protect democracy and human rights in the Americas.
Assad Regime Found Liable For Death of War Reporter Marie Colvin
- January 31, 2019
Read full judgment here.
Judge Allows Lawsuit to Proceed Against Suspected Commander in Liberian Massacre
- December 18, 2018
San Francisco, December 18, 2018 – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled Friday, December 14 that extrajudicial killing, torture, crimes against humanity and war crimes claims can proceed against Philadelphia resident M
Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- December 10, 2018
Seventy years ago today, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.”
The Khmer Rouge Tribunal Must be Allowed to Finish its Work
- December 8, 2018
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, otherwise known as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, is confronted to a strategic, legal and political challenge: to try and hold more trials, or to close shop. The issue has divided the court from within,
The Khmer Rouge Tribunal Must Be Allowed To Finish Its Work
- December 7, 2018
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, otherwise known as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, is confronted to a strategic, legal and political challenge: to try and hold more trials, or to close shop. The issue has divided the court from within,
