Justice and Accountability2022-07-01T17:06:26+00:00

Justice and Accountability

Supporting survivors who seek justice for crimes committed during the Internal Armed Conflict

Our Justice & Accountability program provides important information to our grassroots network on groundbreaking human rights cases and the ongoing struggle to end impunity for crimes against humanity and genocide. We provide strategic analysis to our network, framing present-day struggles in Guatemala within a context of historic and ongoing U.S. imperialism. We respond to survivors’ calls for physical accompaniment and advocacy support as they pursue legal cases, historical memory processes, and community healing.

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

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6May, 2014

Human Rights Convergence statement on the Attorney General nomination

By |May 6th, 2014|Categories: Justice and accountability|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

The pact to maintain impunity consolidates with the nomination for Attorney General The Human Rights Convergence states: The director of the Public Prosecutor’s Office is a key and decisive position to guarantee that justice [...]

5May, 2014

Worldwide action for the one-year anniversary of the genocide sentence

By |May 5th, 2014|Categories: Genocide Trial, Justice and accountability|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

“We must raise awareness [so] that these kinds of events are never repeated, because the people of Guatemala want to live in peace, acknowledging our identity, our rich multicultural, multilingual [heritage] and the respect for [...]

10April, 2014

Say No to State Department funds for Guatemalan Army

By |April 10th, 2014|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Join NISGUA and GHRC in calling on Secretary of State John Kerry to deny certification of DOS funds to Guatemala "We need more teachers and not military brigades." Photo: PrensaComunitaria Guatemala’s UN Truth Commission [...]

9April, 2014

Guatemalan organization express their solidarity with Yassmín Barrios

By |April 9th, 2014|Categories: Genocide Trial, Justice and accountability|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

  OUR SUPPORT FOR THE DIGNITY AND PROFESSIONALISM of HONORABLE JUDGE YASSMÍN BARRIOS To the people of Guatemala and to the international community, we express our total indignation of the decision emitted by the [...]

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