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 Guatemala: Supreme Court Verdict in Mack Case Tremendous Victory (01/22/04) Prominent Children's Rights Activist, Bruce Harris, to Go on Trial in Guatemala (01/16/04) LCHR to Guatemalan President: Action Needed to Protect Freedom of Speech (01/15/04) LCHR sends letter to new Guatemalan President (01/14/04) Inter-American Court Rules in Favor Mack (12/19/03) Guatemala: U.N. Should Advance Investigative Commission(10/09/03) Guatemalan Forensic Anthropologists Face Threats and Intimidation (07/08/03) Public Prosecutor from Mack Case Faces Threats, Intimidation (02/04/03) Guatemala: LCHR Supports Commission to Investigate Illegal Armed Groups (01/17/03) Juan Chanay Pablo, killed 1993 Judge Epaminondas González Dubón, killed 1994 Arnoldo Xi, disappeared 1995 Lucía Tiu Tum and Miguel Us Mejía (killed 1996), and José Sucunú Panjoj, disappeared 1994 Hugo Rolando Duarte Cordón, killed 1998 Human Rights Defenders attacked, 1999 to 2002 The case of Myrna Mack, killed in 1990 LCHR Welcomes UN Decision to Extend Mission in Guatemala (11/18/02) LCHR letter on Human Rights Offices Ransacked in Guatemala (07/24/02) Human Rights Conditions Deteriorating Ltr. to Sec. Powell (07/22/02) LCHR disturbed by threats against human rights workers in Guatemala (06/14/02) LCHR concerned by recent threats against Guatemalan human rights workers (03/28/02) Leaflet distributed threatening Catholic Priests Translation of the leaflet 
Myrna Mack Foundation Guatemala Memory of Silence Rigoberta Menchu Tum Foundation Centro de Accion Legal para los Derechos Humanos  Guatemala Human Rights Defenders Project For more information, please contact Kristin Flood, Tel: 212 845 5298 |
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Lawyers Committee
Welcomes UN Decision November 18, 2024 The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights welcomes the announcement by Secretary General Kofi Annan to recommend extending the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) for another year. This announcement is an important recognition of the continuing need for international support to ensure the full implementation of the 1996 peace accords. The UN’s decision also acknowledges that clandestine groups with ties to paramilitary organizations and former military officials continue to operate. These groups are suspected of involvement in several recent politically motivated attacks and in persistent threats against human rights defenders. The ability of human rights defenders to carry
out their important work in an environment free from fear and intimidation
is crucial to the promotion of reconciliation and peace. MINUGUA
has played an important role in monitoring and reporting on this
and other human rights problems in Guatemala. While extending MINUGUA’s
mandate will provide a lifeline to many in Guatemala who are engaged
in this vital work, it is no substitute for decisive action from
the Guatemalan government. The Lawyers Committee remains deeply
concerned for the safety and well-being of human rights defenders
in Guatemala. The Lawyers Committee calls upon the government to
investigate all attacks and threats against human rights defenders
throughout the country, and to bring the perpetrators to justice.
We further call upon the government to investigate and dismantle
completely the clandestine groups still undermining the rule of
law in Guatemala.
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