The Winter 2025 edition of El Quetzal, from The Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC), has recently been published. In it, they explore the implications of a co-opted justice system and the necessity of change, sharing the views of the Indigenous… Read More ›
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Defence of Human Rights is sustained despite Cooptation of the Justice System
The Guatemalan Human Rights Defenders Protection Unit (UDEFEGUA) presented its 2024 Report on the Situation of Individuals, Organisations, and Communities Defending Human Rights, entitled “Impact of the Co-optation of the Justice System on the Defence of Human Rights.” It provides… Read More ›
Indigenous People’s Rights – The theory versus the reality
Lorna Ní Shúilleabháin, a former field volunteer with PBI in Guatemala, writes on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, August 9th, on the theory of Indigenous rights against the reality in Guatemala. This year to celebrate the International Day… Read More ›
Statement Supporting UDEFEGUA Director Jorge Santos
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns (OGC) is one of twenty one organisations offering their support to Jorge Santos, director of the Unit for the Protection of Rights Defenders in Guatemala (UDEFEGUA). They state that Guatemala currently faces rampant corruption… Read More ›
We Condemn The Kidnapping And Militarisation Of The Communities In The Sierra De Las Minas
UDEFEGUA, on behalf of the the Human Rights Convergence (la Convergencia por los Derechos Humanos), tweeted a statement condemning the militarisation of communities in the Sierra de las Minas. Any errors in translation are mine. You can read the tweet… Read More ›
We Lament the Resignation of Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez
CALDH, on behalf of the the Human Rights Convergence (la Convergencia por los Derechos Humanos), tweeted a statement in support of Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez who tendered his resignation and announced his exile. Any errors in translation are mine. You… Read More ›
Simply put, CACIF cannot continue destroying Guatemala
Claudia Virginia Samayoa is the founder and co-ordinator of UDEFEGUA, an organisation that works in the monitoring, investigation and raising awareness of organizations that defend Human Rights in Guatemala. She wrote recently, in La Hora, about the oligarchy, and big… Read More ›
10th anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: challenges for their implementation in Guatemala
“The person who defends Mother Earth is unjustly accused and condemned, without evidence“ PBI-Guatemala recently published a feature on the challenges of implementing, in Guatemala, the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which were endorsed by the United Nations… Read More ›
Guatemala: Peaceful resistance to illegal mining under siege
A Joint Statement was released in response to the state of siege and the violence of state actors against the peaceful demonstrations being held in El Estor. Errors in translation are mine. JOINT STATEMENT – THE OBSERVATORY / UDEFEGUA /… Read More ›
Solidarity And Support For ACOGUATE And CUC
The above statement was released by the Convergence for Human Rights Coalition in response to the criminalisation of human rights organisations ACOGUATE and CUC. The current political and judicial environment is part of an increasingly repressive approach of the Guatemala… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 