Justice and Accountability
Supporting survivors who seek justice for crimes committed during the Internal Armed Conflict
Background
Since the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996, Guatemalan individuals and organizations have courageously sought justice. The U.S. government provided financial support and training to the Guatemalan military, responsible for the egregious human rights violations that occurred during 36 years of Internal Armed Conflict. According to the UN Historical Clarification Commission, over 200,000 people were killed and an additional 45,000 forcibly disappeared by state forces.
With creativity and bravery, survivors work daily to defend and restore collective memory of the genocide. They aim to guarantee that genocide is never repeated, while taking on the unfinished liberatory work of those who were taken by state violence.
Cases
Latest NISGUA reports on Justice and Accountability
- Our 2022 accomplishments: Territories in Resistancenisgua_admin2023-01-17T17:37:17+00:00
Our 2022 accomplishments: Territories in Resistance
- Targets of the State: Dignity, justice, and criminalization in Guatemalanisgua_admin2022-10-13T15:24:48+00:00
Targets of the State: Dignity, justice, and criminalization in Guatemala
- Uncovering the Real Root Causes of Forced Migration: Members of “The Squad” Visit Honduras and Guatemalanisgua_admin2022-07-05T22:52:19+00:00
Uncovering the Real Root Causes of Forced Migration: Members of “The Squad” Visit Honduras and Guatemala
- New chapter, new opportunities: Migrant solidarity in 2021nisgua_admin2021-03-15T20:14:57+00:00
New chapter, new opportunities: Migrant solidarity in 2021
Latest from the NISGUA blog
No More Genocide Coalition Statement
PAST IMPUNITY IS PRESENT IMPUNITY 43 years after the massacre committed at the Spanish Embassy, the undersigned organizations, members of the No More Genocide Coalition, which brings together organizations of relatives of victims, victims [...]
Statement from relatives of the Military Diary Case
After judge Gálvez who was overseeing the trial for Guatemala's Military Diary Case was forced into exile under trumped up charges, yesterday, February 2, at the hearing of a former Colonel and former police [...]
Fotografías en Solidaridad con las Víctimas del caso Diario Militar / Photographs in Solidarity with the Victims of the Military Diary Case
(English below) Acción solidaria con las familias y querellantes del caso Diario Militar Como NISGUA organizamos esta campaña de fotos esperando que esta muestra internacional de solidaridad sea un aporte más a la visibilidad [...]
Interview: Women in the Military Diary Case
Last September, we held a webinar together with the Association of Family Members of the Detained and Disappeared of Guatemala (FAMDEGUA) with the objective of hearing updates directly from the families and lawyers of [...]