10/01/2012: Oral arguments were heard in Kiobel v. Shell. At issue in the case is whether victims of foreign human rights abuses can continue to bring claims in U.S. courts against perpetrators who have found refuge in our country. Visit CJA's Kiobel Resource Center to read the transcripts and coverage of the case. The Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in the next few months.

09/26/2012: CJA and EPAF are launching a new blog from the very first international forensic training program in Somaliland this fall. The field school will assist in training the staff of the Somaliland War Crimes Investigation Commission to conduct forensic investigation, examination, recovery, and analysis of mass graves. Participants in this historic effort will share their experience with updates on this blog.

09/25/2012: Prominent human rights attorney and long-time CJA partner Mario Joseph is facing an escalating series of threats and harassment against his person and the offices of the Haitian human rights NGO, Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI). The threats come as possible retaliation for BAI's human rights claims against former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier and the current government of Michel Martelly. Learn how you can take action to defend Mario Joseph and BAI's important work.

09/14/2012: The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) dismissed Ieng Thirith from the second Khmer Rouge trial on grounds of mental unfitness. Ieng Thirith has been widely believed to have Alzheimer’s disease, affecting her memory and ability to confront evidence against her at trial.

09/11/2012: Inocente Orlando Montano, retired Salvadoran colonel and defendant in CJA's Jesuits Massacre Case in Spain, pled guilty to six counts of federal criminal immigration fraud and perjury before district judge Douglas P. Woodlock.

08/28/2012: On August 28, 2012, U.S. Federal Judge Leonie Brinkema awarded $21 million in compensatory and punitive damages against former Somali General Mohamed Ali Samantar. This judgment marks the first time that any Somali government official has been held accountable for the atrocities perpetrated under the Siad Barre regime.

06/20/2012: On June 20 in Madrid, Spain, YO DONA magazine announced that Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) attorney Almudena Bernabeu was the 2012 recipient of its prestigious International Award for Professional Work.

04/09/2012: During criminal proceedings in Peru, Telmo Hurtado - a former military officer and defendant in CJA's Accomarca Case - confessed to his role in the 1985 massacre of 69 villagers in Accomarca, Peru. Hurtado also revealed that he was ordered to cover up the role of senior officials in the massacre.

04/08/2012: Thank you for joining us for CJA's 2012 Annual Event, Celebrating our Victories in the Movement for Global Justice, featuring: Keynote Speaker Kerry Kennedy; former U.S. Ambassador Robert White, Ambassador to El Salvador during the country’s Civil War and recipient of the 2012 Judith Lee Stronach Human Rights Award; Mexico’s Lydia Cacho, a courageous journalist, human rights defender, and recipient of Champion of Justice Award; and CJA client Sophany Bay, a Khmer Rouge survivor who lost almost 100 members of her family.

02/25/2012: On February 23, 2012, a U.S. immigration judge ruled that Gen. Eugenio Vides Casanova, the former defense minister of El Salvador, can be removed from the United States for the torture of Salvadoran citizens, the 1980 killings of four American churchwomen, and the 1981 killings of two Americans and a Salvadoran land reformer.