A recent post by the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) highlights the continuing struggle against impunity in Guatemala and calls on Guatemala to ensure that judges are permitted to decide cases free of any “pressures, threats or interference, direct or… Read More ›
Solidarity in Action
Podcast: The Search for the Disappeared in Guatemala
‘Memory Cultures in Dialogue’ is a podcast and blog of the Humanitarian Law Center from Belgrade, Serbia. They recently featured The Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG) in an episode. What is the role of forensic anthropology in the post-conflict context?… Read More ›
Ex-PAC members accused of sexual violence against Achi women will face justice in 2022
Lourdes Álvarez Nájera has written in Prensa Comunitaria about the legal moves to bring ex-PAC members to court for crimes of sexual violence during the early 1980s. In January of next year, the trial will begin against three former members… Read More ›
Dianna Ortiz Memorial
The Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) posted a Memorial page to Dianna Ortiz, OSU, who died on February 19, 2021, at 62 years old. She fought for the rights of all and fought bravely. Dianna worked at the Guatemala Human… Read More ›
Interview with wrongfully imprisoned Maya Q’eqchi river defender Bernardo Caal Xol
Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted a video of its Acércate (‘come closer’) interview with Maya Q’eqchi river defender Bernardo Caal Xol in prison in Cobán, Alta Verapaz. Caal Xol is a leader of the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabón, a collective… Read More ›
World Water Day – It Is Time To Free Bernardo Caal Xol
Yesterday, 22nd March, was World Water Day, and we wanted to bring attention to the case of Bernardo Caal Xol, who has been unjustly detained for three years now. Since 2015, Bernardo Caal has defended the rights of the communities… Read More ›
Women Weavers: To Outsiders We’re Exotic; In Guatemala We’re the “Marías”
An article by Kimberly Rocío López, has been translated into English and published in El Faro, outlining the struggle for recognition of, and respect for the craft of, women textile weavers in Guatemala. The original article is in Spanish and… Read More ›
A Guatemalan Judge under Siege
Elsa Coronado has written, in Plaza Pública, about the challenges facing Judge Erika Aifán in her work against corruption. An English version, translated by Max Granger, appears in the El Faro English site. Judge Erika Aifán may not be as… Read More ›
Statement of ABA President Patricia Lee Refo Re: Appointment of magistrates in Guatemala
The American Bar Association has put out a statement voicing their concerns regarding the appointment of magistrates to the Constitutional Court. WASHINGTON, March 12, 2021 – The American Bar Association is deeply concerned by media accounts and reports from human… Read More ›
Very High Stakes – Elections to the Constitutional Court
By the 23rd March, the five individuals who will serve the next 5-year term on the Guatemala Constitutional Court must be named in order to be sworn in and to take office on the 14th April. This is the date… Read More ›
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