CJA In The News

Twenty years ago, the San Francisco-based Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) launched with a bold idea — could we hold those responsible for torture, war crimes, and genocide accountable in a court of law? We started by bringing civil cases in

Join Bay Area International Link and CJA’s Professional Network for Human Rights for an important discussion on the Syrian Refugee Crisis. Speakers Include: Sarah Chynoweth, Research Fellow, Handa Center for Human Rights, Stanford University Subhi Naha

The State Department indicated its intention to close the Office of Global Criminal Justice, indicating that the U.S. will no longer prioritize bringing war criminals to justice. The office was founded in the late 1990’s in the wake of genocides in Rwa

Join us on July 12, 2017 from 5-8pm at the International Justice Resource Center in San Francisco for a panel discussion. Panelists include: Alison Parker, Co-Director of the U.S. Program at Human Rights Watch Constance de la Vega, international human

On Thursday, July 6, 2017 from 9-10:30 a.m. we are partnering with the Anti-Defamation League for a live-screening of the 17th annual ADL Supreme Court Review. Join us in downtown San Francisco for a breakfast gathering and watch LIVE as distinguished

CJA addresses the U.S. Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees calling for inquiry to UAE torture allegations. Read the full letter here

Tuesday, June 20th, 2017, 6:00 PM – Tabard Inn, 1739 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 – RSVP to Jennifer Rasmussen, JRasmussen@cja.org If you are in the Washington, DC area, please join CJA to hear about our mission to build a net of accountability fo

Achieving Accountability for War Crimes in Syria Tuesday, June 13th, 2017, 6:30 PM – New York City Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 – RSVP Here In the spring of 2011, thousands of Syrians rose up to protest the dictatorship of P

CJA’s 19th Anniversary Dinner CJA’s 19th Anniversary Dinner took place on Thursday, May 4th, 2017 in San Francisco. CJA’s Annual Dinner, Celebrating Global Justice, brings together elected officials, judges, leading lawyers, advocates, survivors, and s

Watch the World Affairs Council’s broadcast here. CJA staff attorney, Scott Gilmore and other panelists examine the findings of the the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic special report examining the violations that took place in Alep