The Center for Justice & Accountability

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The Center for Justice and Accountability is an international human rights organization dedicated to deterring torture and other severe human rights abuses around the world and advancing the rights of survivors to seek truth, justice and redress. CJA uses litigation to hold perpetrators individually accountable for human rights abuses, develop human rights law, and advance the rule of law in countries transitioning from periods of abuse.

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Sep 13, 2023	How We Can Honor Indigenous Values in Our Teaching Without Appropriating the Culture	I have always felt connected to Indigenous peoples. Perhaps it is because I am Mexican American and colonization is a part of my ancestry. Perhaps it is because the virtues of Mexican and Indigenous spiritualities in Texas and Minnesota, wh...
May 6, 2023	A US civil case gives us, Syrians, a glimmer of hope	On April 12, the US-based Centre for Justice and Accountability revealed that it has filed a civil case against the Syrian regime for the widespread torture of Syrian citizens it has carried out over the past 12 years. The lawsuit was filed...
May 20, 2022	"Butcher of the Andes" victims laid to rest decades after almost entire village massacred: "They lined them all up … and opened fire"	After 37 years, dozens of victims of the worst massacre in Peru's conflict with radical left-wing guerrillas will finally be laid to rest in their Andean village following a years-long identification process. A funeral ceremony will ta...
Jun 11, 2021	The Node: The Dawn of Bitcoin Geopolitics	Boy, I chose the wrong week to stop sniffing glue go on vacation. I’ve been visiting family since last Tuesday. As joyful as that vaxxed-up post-COVID reunion has been, I sure wish it hadn’t overlapped with the most significant single devel...
Oct 22, 2020	Is a Libyan Warlord Beyond Law’s Reach?	Since February 2018, Libyan nationals have filed three lawsuits in U.S. court demanding a jury trial on allegations that Khalifa Hifter, the commander of the Libyan National Army, is responsible for the torture and extrajudicial killing of ...
Mar 5, 2019	Accountability for the Syrian Regime: An Overview	While the conflict has subsided in most areas of Syria after nearly eight years of war, violence has escalated in the northwestern part of the country. The Idlib region is the last remaining area held by anti-regime forces and part of a dem...
Feb 22, 2019	Can German Courts Bring Accountability for Torture in Syria?	On Feb. 12, Germany’s investigative police force arrested two former high-ranking members of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate (GID) allegedly involved in crimes against humanity. The German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgericht...
Nov 26, 2018	Justice for Syria: Civil Society, The UN Mechanism and National Proceedings	After more than seven and a half years of death and destruction, there is a sense that the Syrian war is coming to an end. Since its decisive victory in Aleppo in 2016, the Assad regime, supported by Russia and Iran, has seized back territo...
Feb 22, 2017	Does President Trump Control Head-of-State Immunity Determinations in US Courts?	If Vladimir Putin is prosecuted or sued in the United States, is he entitled to head-of-state immunity? In the past, the U.S. government has maintained that the executive branch has the constitutional power to make foreign official immunity...
Jun 1, 2016	A Google search could have prevented a Somali terrorist from working security at Dulles airport	Airport security has been a big deal since the September 11, 2001 attacks that took down the World Trade Centers and damaged the Pentagon. But it's often criticized as being a facade of security and not real protection. How bad is it? ...
Nov 1, 2014	The US Faces a Moment of Truth on Torture	The Obama administration has the opportunity to make its stance on torture clear in the coming weeks. For the first time since the president took office, the White House is sending a delegation to testify before the Committee Against Tortur...
Dec 17, 2012	Foreign Official Immunity in U.S. Courts Since Samantar	The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently issued a decision that has the effect of both limiting political branch control over human rights suits against foreign officials while at the same time arguably increasing the need ...
Aug 3, 2012	Andrew Kent on Al Aulaqi and Bivens	I am normally pretty good about keeping up with my Lawfare-related email, but sometimes, an important emails slips through the cracks. Andrew Kent of Fordham Law School sent me this comment on my post on the new Al Aulaqi suit some time ago...

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What has the press written about The Center for Justice & Accountability?

Parsers VC has collected 14 articles mentioning The Center for Justice & Accountability, among them “How We Can Honor Indigenous Values in Our Teaching Without Appropriating the Culture” (Sep 13, 2023) and “A US civil case gives us, Syrians, a glimmer of hope” (May 6, 2023).

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Yes, The Center for Justice & Accountability is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 7, 2025.