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Court to decide if former foreign government officials who use torture, rape and killing as tools of repression are above the law, or whether those who avail themselves of all the benefits of living in the U.S. must, like all other Americans, submit themselves to U.S. law.

In the past, CJA has relied on your generous support in bringing justice to Haitian survivors of torture and other man-made disasters. Now, we invite you once again to support the people of Haiti in the worst natural disaster in this troubled nation’s two hundred year history.

Original Guatemalan army records on a scorched-earth campaign known as “Operation Sofia,” presented as evidence in a human rights case in Spain, have bolstered hopes for justice among the relatives of victims of Guatemala’s 36-year civil war in which more than 200,000 people were killed.

2009 has been a defining year for CJA and the broader human rights community. Due to your support and the work of our experienced staff, our impact has been felt around the world. We have secured justice for our clients and celebrated many significant

Declassified CIA documents show that the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador followed three days of planning by senior Salvadoran military officers, an expert witness said Tuesday before Spain’s National Court, which is hearing a case brought on behalf of the slain clerics.

Durante 20 años, la masacre de un grupo de jesuitas en la Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) de San Salvador ha permanecido en la impunidad.