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,
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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
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
Senior Khmer Rouge Leaders Found Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide
- November 16, 2018
November 16, 2018, Phnom Penh, Cambodia- In today’s long-awaited judgment in Case 002/2, the Trial Chamber of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, officially known as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), found former Deputy Secretary of th
Historic War Crimes Conference in Liberia Brings Justice a Big Step Closer
- November 11, 2018
For the first time since the end of Liberia’s bloody civil wars, representatives of government, UN, civil society, and diplomatic missions discuss steps forward in accountability for wartime atrocities (Monrovia, Liberia) November 10, 2018 – Speaking t
Conference on Justice in Monrovia: Officials, Activists to Meet Amid Push for War Crimes Court
- November 6, 2018
Liberia: Conference on Justice Officials, Activists to Meet Amid Push for War Crimes Court (Monrovia, November 6, 2018) – Liberian government officials, international representatives, and local and international activists will participate in a one-day
