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
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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
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Issues Decision in Case Against Gotabaya Rajapaksa
- March 2, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY Media ContactClaret Vargascvargas@cja.org San Francisco, March 2, 2020: Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted Ahimsa Wickrematunge’s request to vacate the lower court’s ruling that Gotabaya Rajapaksa is entitled to common
Court of Appeals Allows Torture and Extrajudicial Killing Case Against Former Haitian Mayor to Proceed
- February 21, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY Boston, Massachusetts, February 21, 2020 –This week, the First Circuit Court of Appeals denied the request of former Haitian mayor Jean-Morose Viliena to challenge the constitutionality of the torture and extrajudicial killing claims bro
Split-Decision in Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity Case Against Khmer Rouge Official Ao An Leaves Prospect of Justice for Victims Uncertain
- December 20, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY December 20, 2019, Phnom Penh, Cambodia- Yesterday, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) issued a split decision in the case against Ao An, a senior leader of the Khmer Rouge facing charges
International human rights and humanitarian law experts urge the Bolivian Government and Armed Forces to abide by their international law obligations
- November 27, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY Read in Spanish Media Contacts Claret VargasCenter for Justice & Accountabilitycvargas@cja.org Thomas BeckerInternational Human Rights ClinicHarvard Law Schooltbecker@law.harvard.edu San Francisco, CA, and Cambridge, MA (November 26,
Expertas y expertos internacionales en derechos humanos y derecho humanitario instan al Gobierno y las Fuerzas Armadas de Bolivia a cumplir con sus obligaciones de derecho internaciona
- November 27, 2019
NOTA DE PRENSA English Contactos: Claret Vargas, Center for Justice & Accountability (Centro por la Justicia y Rendición de Cuentas)cvargas@cja.org Thomas Becker, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School(Clínica Internacional de Derech
Daughter of slain Sri Lankan journalist appeals decision in U.S. extrajudicial killing case against Gotabaya Rajapaksa
- November 13, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY Media ContactNushin Sarkaratinsarkarati@cja.org+1(415) 529-7752 San Francisco, November 13, 2019: Ahimsa Wickrematunge and her legal team filed a notice of appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today, contesting the United States
Daughter of slain Sri Lankan journalist to appeal decision in U.S. extrajudicial killing case against Gotabaya Rajapaksa
- October 22, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY San Francisco, October 21, 2019: The United States District Court for the Central District of California granted former Sri Lankan Secretary of Defense Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s motion to dismiss Ahimsa Wickrematunge’s lawsuit against him for
Liberia: President Backs War Crimes Court
- September 17, 2019
Lawmakers Should Act Now for Justice (Monrovia) – Liberian President George Weah took a major step to bring justice for atrocities committed during Liberia’s civil wars by endorsing a war crimes court, 10 Liberian and international groups said today. T
