Our Impact
We make law.
CJA has developed key legal doctrine that sets standards for international human rights prosecutions.
We uphold truth & dignity.
“Survivors of torture around the world will not be silenced. With the help of CJA we are rising up to hold our abusers accountable.” – Nobel Prize winner and CJA client Rigoberta Menchú Tum.
We win cases.
CJA has won favorable verdicts in every case that has gone to trial.
News
Motion For Default Judgment Filed for the Assad Regime’s Torture of U.S. Citizen
- December 20, 2024
U.S. Federal Court presented with extensive evidence detailing torture and enforced disappearances in Syria’s prisons, with over thirty sworn declarations from former detainees and five reports from international experts. San Francisco, California, Dec
ECOWAS Court Dismisses Complaint For Liberia’s Failure To Investigate War Crimes Due To Lack Of Jurisdiction
- October 24, 2024
Abuja, Nigeria, October 24, 2024—The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has dismissed a complaint against the Republic of Liberia for its failure to investigate the Lutheran Church Massacre and prosecute those responsib
Former Salvadoran Military Officer Sued in the US for the Killing of Dutch Journalist
- October 10, 2024
Mario Reyes Mena is sued in a Virginia federal court for the murder of Jan Kuiper, Dutch journalist killed in El Salvador in 1982 San Francisco, California, October 10, 2024 – Yesterday, October 9, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), with
