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
Perspectivas de lxs acompañantes: El exilio y la montaña
Ethan, Internacionalista 2024, escribió esta carta el 9 de octubre de 2024 después de una visita a ex presos políticos en Huehuetenango. La sierra de los Cuchumatanes se extiende 400 kilómetros por los departamentos de Huehuetenango y Quiché, en el noroeste de Guatemala, y es la cordillera [...]
Accompanier perspectives: Exile & Mountain
Ethan, Internacionalista 2024, wrote this letter on October 9th, 2024 after a visit to ex-political prisoners in Huehuetenango. The Cuchumatanes mountains stretch 400 kilometers across the departments of Huehuetenango and Quiché in northwest Guatemala, the tallest non-volcanic mountain range in all of Central America. The name might [...]
Actualización del caso Genocidio Ixil. Del 7 al 8 de noviembre del 2024: Conclusiones de los abogados de la AJR y el MP
7 de noviembre del 2024 La defensa del acusado, el General Manuel Benedicto Lucas García, buscó retrasar el juicio al solicitar que un perito del Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Forenses (INACIF) confirmara si la munición calibre 5.56 fue de uso exclusivo del ejército de Guatemala durante el Conflicto Armado [...]
Ixil Genocide Case Update. 7th -8th November: Conclusions of the Public Ministry and AJR lawyers
November 7th The defense of the accused, the General Manuel Benedicto Lucas García, sought to delay the trial by soliciting an expert witness from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) to confirm that 5.56 caliber ammunition was used exclusively by the Guatemalan military during the Internal Armed Conflict. [...]
AJR-ODHAG Statement: We are approaching a new Genocide sentence // Comunicado AJR-ODHAG: Nos acercamos a una nueva sentencia por Genocidio
[Español a continuación] As the Maya Ixil Genocide case against ex-general Manuel Benedicto Lucas García comes to a close, the Association for Justice and Reconciliation -AJR- and The Human Rights Office of the Archbishop of Guatemala -ODHAG- declare to the public, national and international audience: WE ARE APPROACHING A [...]
CALDH’s statement: There was Genocide in Guatemala // Comunicado de CALDH: En Guatemala sí hubo Genocidio
[Español abajo] Published October 31st, 2024 by CALDH (Center for Legal Action in Human Rights for its initials in Spanish) THERE WAS GENOCIDE IN GUATEMALA Two Courts of Justice have ruled that there was genocide in Guatemala. The commitment of this crime against humanity could not have occurred without [...]
