U.S. Department
of Justice
Additional Resources
Brochures
- Description of HRSP Portfolio
- Description of HRSP Human Rights Violator Work
- Guide to HRV Statutes
- The Extraterritorial Criminal Travel Strike Force ECT
Speeches and Testimony
- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Remarks at the ABA Annual Meeting, 7 August 2023
- Testimony of Eli M. Rosenbaum before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing “From Nuremberg to Ukraine: Accountability for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity,” 28 September 2022
- Intervention by Counselor for War Crimes Accountability Eli Rosenbaum at the Ministerial Conference on Accountability for Ukraine, 14 July 2022
- U.S. Institute for Peace panel discussion: “Delivering Justice for Ukraine” with DOJ Counselor for War Crimes Accountability, Eli M. Rosenbaum, 28 June 2022.
- ABA International Senior Lawyer’s Division Conversation: “Nuremberg Trials and Lessons for Today” with Eli Rosenbaum, HRSP Director of Human Rights Enforcement Strategy and Policy, 17 Nov ’21
- Testimony of Deputy Assistant Attorney General David Rybicki, Lantos Commission for Human Rights, Pursing Accountability for Atrocities, 13 June 2019
Reports
- Attorney General’s 2022 STOP FGM Act Report to Congress, Federal Agency Responses to FGM
- Attorney General's 2021 STOP FGM Act Report to Congress, Federal Agency Responses to FGM
Human Rights Newsletters
- July 2023 - Belayneh Indictment
- May 2023 - Roggio Indictment
- February 2023 - Vidic Indictment
- February 2022 - Pennsylvania Man Charged with Torture
- June 2021 - Naturalized U.S. Citizen from Ethiopia Arrested on Charge of Fraudulently Obtaining Citizenship Including Failure to Disclose Participation in Persecution During the Ethiopian Red Terror
- April 2021 - DOJ to Receive Holocaust Museum’s Highest Honor
- January 2021 - Revised FGM Act Strengthens the Penalties for Performing FGM on Girls and Clarifies the Constitutional Basis for the Law
- June 2020 - Correa Indictment: “Gambian Man Indicted on Torture Charges”
- March 2020 - Berger Removal: “Tennessee Man Ordered Removed to Germany Based on Service as Concentration Camp Guard During WWII”
- June 2019 - Negussie Sentencing: “Red Terror Human Rights Abuser Sentenced for Naturalized Fraud”
- April 2019 - Teganya: “Rwandan Man Convicted for Immigration Fraud and Perjury in Connection with the 1994 Genocide”
- February 2019 - Negussie: “Ethiopian Human Rights Abuser Pleads Guilty To Fraudulently Obtaining U.S. Citizenship, Admitted Series Of Lies In Naturalization Process, Including Failure To Disclose Participation In Persecution During The Red Terror Period In Ethiopia”
- September 2018 - Dzeko: “Convicted Bosnian War Criminals Who Fraudulently Obtained Refugee Status and U.S. Citizenship Denaturalized”
- September 2018 - Palij: “Former Nazi Labor Camp Guard Jakiw Palij Removed to Germany”
- August 2018 - Negussie: “Alleged Ethiopian Human Rights Abuser Arrested for Fraudulently Obtaining U.S. Citizenship”
- May 2018 - Jabbateh: “Former Liberian Warlord Known As ‘Jungle Jabbah’ Sentenced To 30 Years in Prison For Immigration Fraud And Perjury”
- February 2018 - Razic: “Justice Department Seeks to Obtain Denaturalization of Man with Alleged Participation in Extrajudicial Killings During the Balkans Conflict”
- January 2018 - Dragic: “Barberton Man Will be Deported for Lying About His Actions During the War in the Former Yugoslavia”
- November 2017 - Kneginich: “Naturalized Citizen from Bosnia Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining Citizenship”
- November 2017 - Jabbateh: “Former Liberian Civil War Commander Found Guilty of Immigration Fraud and Perjury”
- June 2017 - Morales: “Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Immigration Fraud in Connection With False Statements to Conceal Membership in Military Unit Responsible for War Crimes”
- May 2017 - Female Genital Mutilation: “Three Indicted For Female Genital Mutilation”
- April 2017 - Maric: “Former Bosnian Army Prison Guard Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Fraudulently Procuring U.S. Citizenship”
- March 2017 - Ngombwa: “Rwandan Refugee Convicted of Naturalization Fraud Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison”
- January 2017 - Basic: “Croatian National Extradited to Bosnia to Stand Trial for War Crimes”
- December 2016 - Kneginich: “Indiana Man Arrested and Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Citizenship for Failure to Disclose Alleged Crimes Committed in Bosnia and Military Service During Bosnian Conflict”
- November 2016 - Roundtables: “HRSP Hosts Community Roundtable Meetings”
- August 2016 - Mitrovic: “Georgia Man Sentenced to 57 Months for Immigration Fraud for Failing to Disclose Role in Bosnian Prison Camp”
- July 2016 - Maric: “Former Bosnian Army Prison Guard Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Procuring U.S. Citizenship”
- May 2016 - Mitrovic: “Georgia Man Convicted of Immigration Fraud for Failing to Disclose Role in Bosnian Prison Camp”
- March 2016 - Jakisa: “Former Member of Croatian Defense Council in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining Green Card and Consents to Removal from United States”
- February 2016 - Sakoc: “Vermont Man Who Lied About His Military Service During the Bosnian War Surrenders U.S. Citizenship and Consents to Removal from United States”
- January 2016 - Mutic: “Ohio Man Who Lied About Participation in Ethnic Cleansing in Former Yugoslavia Sentenced to Prison”
- February 2015 - International Zero Tolerance Day: “February 6: International Zero Tolerance Day for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting”
- June 2014 - Worku: “Accused Ethiopian War Criminal ‘John Doe’ Convicted Following Week-Long Jury Trial”
- May 2014 - Jakisa: “Minnesota Man Charged with Immigration Fraud for Failing to Disclose Crimes Committed in Bosnia and Military Service During the Bosnian Conflict”
- February 2014 - Dos Erres: “Former Guatemalan Special Forces Officer Sentenced For Covering Up Involvement in 1982 Massacre”
- November 2013 - Worku: “Accused Ethiopian War Criminal ‘John Doe’ Convicted Following Week-Long Jury Trial”
- September 2013 - Montano: “Former Salvadoran Military Officer Sentenced for Perjury and Concealing Information from U.S. Government”
- August 2013 - Sakoc: “Vermont Man Charged with Obtaining U.S. Citizenship by Failing to Disclose Violent Crimes Committed During the Bosnian Conflict”
- June 2013 - Mujagic: “Bosnian National Extradited to Stand Trial for Murder and Torture”
- March 2013 - Munyunyezi: “U.S. District Judge Revokes Beatrice Munyenyezi’s U.S. Citizenship”
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Updated January 10, 2024