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Survivors of torture around the world will not be silenced. With the help of CJA we are rising up to hold our abusers accountable under the law. CJA’s victories are bringing us closer to a world in which state-sponsored torture is unacceptable.

“CJA is performing groundbreaking work. If the promise of the Nuremberg Charter and the hopes of international justice are to be achieved, it is crucial for the U.S. and its courts to be active participants. CJA is leading the efforts of lawyers and ac

This article focuses on former Chilean military officer and CJA defendant Armando Fernandez Larios. The article discusses Larios’ involvement both in a 1976 assassination in Washington, D.C. and the 1973 killing of Winston Cabello in Chile.

One evening last year, a 35-year-old Somali computer analyst was visiting a friend in a quiet Virginia suburb when he encountered a man whose name he had heard and cursed a thousand times but whom he had never expected to see–especially here. The computer analyst (fearing retribution, he asked to use the pseudonym Omer) says he was stunned. It turns out the other guest was Mohamed Ali Samantar…

One evening last year, a 35-year-old Somali computer analyst was visiting a friend in a quiet Virginia suburb when he encountered a man whose name he had heard and cursed a thousand times but whom he had never expected to see–especially here. The computer analyst (fearing retribution, he asked to use the pseudonym Omer) says he was stunned. It turns out the other guest was Mohamed Ali Samantar…

This eight-chapter series chronicles CJA client Kemal Mehinovic’s 1994 release from a Serbian concentration camp and subsequent search for his wife and children in war-torn Bosnia.

This eight-chapter series chronicles CJA client Kemal Mehinovic’s 1994 release from a Serbian concentration camp and subsequent search for his wife and children in war-torn Bosnia.

This eight-chapter series chronicles CJA client Kemal Mehinovic’s 1994 release from a Serbian concentration camp and subsequent search for his wife and children in war-torn Bosnia.

This eight-chapter series chronicles CJA client Kemal Mehinovic’s 1994 release from a Serbian concentration camp and subsequent search for his wife and children in war-torn Bosnia.