This conviction was the first in the world to find an ex-head of state guilty of genocide in the national court system of the country in which the crimes took place. This marked the culmination of 12 years of dedicated work by the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR), and their legal team, Center for Human Rights Legal Action (CALDH). NISGUA accompanied these trials and provided daily summaries of what happened in the courtroom. Read the full coverage here.
📸 Ana Laynez Herrera, Indigenous Mayor of Nebaj and Ixil Ancestral Authority, raises her baton as Ixil Maya survivors exit the courtroom following the guilty verdict issued against Ríos Montt. Photo by James Rodríguez.