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> Attacks against human rights defenders in Guatemala have doubled over the last five years. NISGUA's teams of on-the-ground international human rights monitors work to deter violence in communities, courtrooms and at public events. > Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who ruled during the bloodiest period of the war, currently holds a seat in the Guatemalan Congress. He is wanted for genocide and crimes against humanity. > The Xalalá hydro-electric dam is rejected by 90% of the local population because it would displace thousands of indigenous people and damage farmlands and forests. > Almost 400 mining concessions have been granted to transnational gold, silver, nickel, and zinc companies in Guatemala, posing severe threats to rural communities' social and environmental well-being. | ||||||||||||
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9/9/2008
Human Rights Defenders
Courageous human
rights defenders in Guatemala work amidst risk and violence to ensure an end to
impunity and a flourishing of peace with justice.
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Femicide and Women's Rights
Violence against
women is on the rise in Guatemala. In fact, the mortality rate of women in
Guatemala today is reaching the very high levels of female mortality in the
early 1980s at the height of the genocidal war.
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Accompaniers' Reflections
Through the
Guatemala Accompaniment Project (G.A.P.), NISGUA trains and places international
monitors to work with communities, organizations, and individuals at risk of
human rights violations. Accompaniers regularly report back on what they have
learned. Here is a sampling of accompaniers' personal accounts of their
experiences in Guatemala.
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The Guatemalan Court System
English: Guatemalan Courts in the Criminal Process
Spanish: Tribunales Competentes en el Proceso Penal
English: Differences between the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala
Spanish: Diferencias entre Corte de Constitucionalidad y Corte Suprema de Justicia
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Other Topics Related to Impunity
How Human Rights Cases Proceed in the Inter-American System
The School of the Americas and Guatemala
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