CJA Calls for Inquiry to UAE Torture Allegations
- June 22, 2017
CJA addresses the U.S. Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees calling for inquiry to UAE torture allegations. Read the full letter here
Cocktail Reception with the Center for Justice & Accountability: June 20, 2017
- June 20, 2017
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
Panel Discussion: Achieving Accountability for War Crimes in Syria: June 13, 2017
- June 6, 2017
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 19th Anniversary Dinner: Celebrating Global Justice: May 4, 2017
- May 4, 2017
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
KQED: The Battle for Aleppo: Achieving Accountability for Syrian War Crimes
- April 10, 2017
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
The Washington Post: ‘The hospitals were slaughterhouses’: A journey into Syria’s secret torture wards
- April 2, 2017
Read the Washington Post’s full article here
The Boston Globe: Accused in Haiti, Malden man is latest to face lawsuit here
- March 31, 2017
Read the Boston Globe’s full article about CJA’s work in Haiti here
BREAKING: Statement on the Death of CJA Client Nissage Martyr
- March 25, 2017
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
BREAKING: CJA Files Lawsuit against Former Haitian Mayor
- March 23, 2017
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
Op-Ed by CJA Executive Director C. Dixon Osburn: “Torture’s Bad for Business, Trump Will Find”
- February 1, 2017
This op-ed, written by CJA Executive Director C. Dixon Osburn, was originally published in the San Jose Mercury News. Torture’s Bad for Business, Trump Will Find C. Dixon Osburn, January 31, 2017 The Trump plane may be restricted to domestic flights