Eyder Peralta recently hosted, on NPR, a couple of interviews with prominent Guatemalans on that country’s current democratic crisis with the upcoming second round of the presidential elections on the horizon. He talks with Yassmín Barrios, the judge who passed… Read More ›
Yassmin Barrios
Being a Judge in Guatemala: Interview with Yassmin Barrios
Andrea Rodríguez has carried out an interview with Judge Yassmin Barrios for RUDA, a Guatemalan feminist digital media platform. It gives an insight into the challenges facing one of the most important judges in Guatemala in terms of justice for… Read More ›
Attacks against women justice defenders threaten rule of law in Guatemala
Women judges and prosecutors trying to combat political corruption and impunity face harassment and persecution from on high Marlies Stappers and Sanne Weber write in Open Democracy about the attacks on women judges and prosecutors who have taken on a… Read More ›