Project Description
Community Consultations: A model of resistance under attack in Guatemala
A bill currently before Guatemalan Congress seeks to co-opt the consultation process and violate the rights of indigenous communities to free, prior, and informed consent. Add your voice in calling on the Guatemalan government to respect the results of community-organized consultations.
Three ways to take action:
1. Print out the postcard and mail it to NISGUA’s office for delivery
2. Read more about the incredible role that consultations play in community organizing to protect land, life, and self-determination
3. Sign the extended action! Petition available here.
Photo: Graham HuntAdditional reading about community consultations
🌳 March Solidarity Update 🌳
March is a key moment for the beginning of a new solar cycle in the Maya calendar—a time of renewal, balance, and planting begins. It’s a reminder that the processes that sustain life require memory, patience, and community. From Guatemala, this month invites us to continue walking alongside those [...]
Statement from AJR: Victims of the Ixil Genocide Seek Justice Before the IACHR After 23 Years of Delay
Unofficial translation by the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA). You can find the original statement in Spanish further below. Press Release The Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR), The Human Rights Office of the Archdiocese of Guatemala (ODHAG), and the Institute of Comparative Studies in [...]
Forum: La Puya’s Victory and the Challenges of International Arbitration
Costs and implications for investment: Are there viable solutions, and what can we bring in from local communities? Last December, defenders of life and territory received some truly inspiring news: the US mining company Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA) lost its multi-million-dollar lawsuit against the Guatemalan state. This news [...]
Statement from FAMDEGUA: No to Impunity in the Constitutional Court
Unofficial translation by the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA). You can find the original statement in Spanish further below. The re-election of Roberto Molina Barreto and Luis Alfonso Rosales Marroquín to the Constitutional Court is an offense to the memory of the victims and survivors [...]
February Solidarity Update
This February marked the arrival of a new cycle in the Mayan calendar: Jun Kej, a day associated with strength, balance, and the guardianship of the land. In many communities across Guatemala, it is a moment to reflect, renew commitments, and walk forward with clarity and purpose. As a [...]
Statement | Enough Impunity: The People of Guatemala Deserve Justice
Unofficial translation by the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA). You can find the original statement in Spanish further below. ENOUGH IMPUNITY THE PEOPLE OF GUATEMALA DESERVE JUSTICE On February 25, National Day for the Dignification of the Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict, survivors, relatives [...]
