Press Releases

Statement on the Death of our Client Nissage Martyr On the evening of Friday, March 24, 2017, our client Nissage Martyr died suddenly. Martyr had been enjoying an evening watching football with approximately 50 neighbors in Les Irois, Haiti, when he be

FORMER HAITIAN MAYOR ACCUSED OF MURDER & ARSON NOW LICENSED TO DRIVE A SCHOOL BUS IN BOSTON SUBURBS Persecuted Media Activists & Human Rights Defenders File Suit in Federal Court Boston, Massachusetts, March 21, 2017 – Today, the Center for Jus

  Peruvian National Court Finds Former Military Personnel Guilty of War Crimes for Accomarca Massacre September 1, 2016—The Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA)  welcomes today’s decision by the Peruvian national court finding guilty Telmo

For Immediate Release – July 14, 2016 – Lisa Cohen – lisa@lisacohen.org – (310) 395-2544 Salvadoran Supreme Court Rules Amnesty Law Unconstitutional  Path Forward for Accountability for Severe Human Rights Crimes Followers commemorate the 21st Annivers

Today, the Center for Justice & Accountability (CJA) and co-counsel Shearman & Sterling LLP filed a lawsuit against the government of Syria for the murder of American journalist Marie Colvin. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for th

For Immediate Release June 27, 2016 lisa@lisacohen.org Contact: Lisa Cohen, 310-395- 2544 Former Pinochet Lieutenant Found Liable for Murder and Torture of Chilean Folksinger A six-person jury in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District Florida

The Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) applauds President Obama’s Executive Order, made on May 18, outlining a comprehensive approach to mass atrocity prevention and response. The President called mass atrocity prevention and detection a “core

Greenville, North Carolina—The Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) celebrates a decision today by Magistrate Judge Kimberly Swank granting the extradition to Spain of Inocente Orlando Montano, El Salvador’s former Vice Minister of Public Securi

Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Warfaa v. Ali that Colonel Yusuf Abdi Ali is not immune from suit for the torture and attempted murder of Farhan Mohamoud Tani Warfaa, a Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) client.  While the

Albany, NY — Today, the Center for Justice & Accountability (CJA) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a submission urging the New York State Board of Parole not to release Emmanuel “Toto” Constant.  The letter is accompanied by a d