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
Breaking News: Salvadoran Supreme Court Rules Amnesty Law Unconstitutional
- July 14, 2016
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
Pleadings
- April 6, 2016
U.S. District Court of Massachusetts 10 Sep 13 Final Judgment 21 Aug 13 Defendant’s Military Service Record 20 Aug 13 Government’s Notice of Filing of Documents Cited in Karl Report 12 Aug 13 Government’s Reply to Defendant’
Judge Grants Extradition of Salvadoran Colonel Accused in Jesuit Massacre
- February 5, 2016
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
Justice in Guatemala
- March 13, 2013
BACKGROUND It is estimated that over 200,000 people were killed or disappeared between 1960 and 1996 in Guatemala; countless others were victims of torture and other abuses. Although the conflict formally ended with the signing of the Oslo Peace
The Road to Spain: The Jesuit Massacre and the Struggle Against Impunity in El Salvador
- April 10, 2012
The 1989 assassinations of Ignacio Martin-Baro, his Jesuit colleagues at the University of Central America, and their housekeeper and her daughter in El Salvador were shots heard round the world. This article traces the frustrated efforts to obtain jus
Dr. JUAN ROMAGOZA ARCE
- October 2, 2009
JUAN ROMAGOZA ARCE era un doctor en El Salvador en 1980 cuando fue detenido y torturado por 22 días en la oficina central de la Guardia Nacional. Ahora él sirve como Director de una clínica publica de salud en Washington D.C.Juan naci
Client: Dr. Juan Romagoza Arce
- September 7, 2009
Dr. Juan Romagoza Arce In 1980, Juan Romagoza Arce was working as a country doctor for the rural poor in El Salvador when he was detained and tortured for 22 days at the National Guard Headquarters. He served as the director of La Clinica del Pue
Clients
- August 23, 2009
CJA represents the relatives of the victims of the 1989 Jesuits Massacre. Brief bios about the victims are below. Father Ignacio Ellacuría Bescoetxea was born on November 9, 1930, in Bilbao, Spain. He served as the rector of the University of Central A
Clients: Oscar and Gloria Reyes
- August 22, 2009
Oscar Reyes is a native of Honduras, where he was a journalist and communications professional. He holds a master’s degree in mass communications from the University of Minnesota and was the founder and director of the School of Journalism at the Natio