Asociación Justicía y Reconciliación (Association for Justice and Reconciliation) is a Guatemala-based NGO founded by survivors of Guatemala’s military campaign against indigenous villages in the Ixil Region. AJR, represented by the Center for Human Ri
Clientes: Dr. Juan Romagoza Arce
- August 10, 2009
Romagoza Arce v. Garcia y Vides Casanova 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 W
Faculty Bios
- August 5, 2009
December 4-6, 2007 Tegucigalpa, Honduras Almudena Bernabeu is CJA’s International Attorney and Transitional Justice Program Director. She also directs CJA’s Latin America Program. Almudena Bernabeu currently serves as the lead prosecutor on
Peru
- April 7, 2009
On April 7th, 2009, a three-judge panel of the Peruvian Supreme Court convicted former Peruvian president- Alberto Fujimori of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.During his tenure as president, Fujimori presided over extraj
U.S. Removal Proceedings: General Guillermo Garcia
- February 21, 2008
IN BRIEF | BACKGROUND IN BRIEF Generals José Guillermo García and Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova are former defense ministers of the Revolutionary Junta in El Salvador. Both men presided over the extrajudicial disappearance, killing, and torture of over
Partners
- February 21, 2008
Pro Bono Co-Counsel Bass Berry & Sims PLC Other Partners Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la UCA Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la UCA is a San Salvador-based human rights organization affiliated with the Universidad Centroamericana
Perpetrators
- February 21, 2008
Colombian Paramilitary Leader Born February 26, 1966, Jiménez Naranjo a.k.a. Macaco (Macaco) was the leader of the Bloque Central Bolívar (BCB), a paramilitary group within the umbrella Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC) [United Self-Defense Forces
Honduras
- February 21, 2008
CJA LitigationReyes v. Lopez Grijalba For most of the 20th century, Honduras was relatively free of the political violence that plagued its Central American neighbors: Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador. But in the 1970s and 1980s, Honduras became th
Partners
- February 21, 2008
APDHE The Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de España is a Madrid-based organization working for the prevention and prosecution of human rights violations around the world. Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la UCA Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la UCA i
Partners
- February 21, 2008
Pro Bono Co-Counsel Carlton Fields Kerrigan Estess Rankin McLeod & Thompson Schonbrun Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP Other Partners Fundación Democracia sin Fronteras Based in Tegucigalpa, the Fundación Democracia sin Fronteras works with
