ACTIVE: Community Consultations

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 Hunt

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Additional reading about community consultations

22June, 2011

Guatemala observes National Day Against Forced Disappearance

Graham HuntOn June 21, 2011, in different activities carried out in Guatemala City, family members of victims, activists and others gathered in honor of the more than 45,000 forcibly disappeared in Guatemala's 36-year civil war, as well as to remember the countless others disappeared in conflicts around the world. [...]

22June, 2011

Guatemala observa el Día Nacional Contra la Desaparición Forzada

Graham HuntEl 21 de junio del 2011, en distintas actividades realizadas en la Ciudad de Guatemala, familiares de las víctimas, activistas y otros se congregaron en honor a los más de 45,000 desaparecidos de la guerra civil de Guatemala, así como para conmemorar a los incontables desaparcidos en conflictos a [...]

22June, 2011

Una oportunidad histórica para la justicia guatemalteca

Graham Hunt Después de la captura del militar retirado General Héctor López Fuentes el viernes pasado, ayer una audiencia ligó formalmente el ex-Jefe Mayor del Ejército al proceso judicial para los crímenes de genocidio, deberes contra la humanidad y desaparición forzada. Hoy representantes de la Asociación para la Justicia y [...]

21June, 2011

An historic opportunity for justice in Guatemala

After the arrest and capture of retired general Héctor López Fuentes on Friday, proceedings yesterday officially indicted former Army Chief of Staff for the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and forced disappearance. Representatives of the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR), an organization of survivors of genocide, joined their [...]

21June, 2011

General Héctor López Fuentes acusado de genocidio

General López Fuentes espera que se le dé inicio a su audiencia. Graham HuntEl 20 de junio del 2011, el General retirado Héctor Mario López Fuentes fue formalmente acusado de genocidio, crímenes de lesa humanidad y desaparición forzada. Como jefe del Estado Mayor del Ejército bajo el régimen de facto [...]

21June, 2011

General Héctor López Fuentes indicted for genocide

General López Fuentes waits for his hearing to begin. Graham HuntOn June 20, 2011, retired General Héctor Mario López Fuentes was indicted for genocide, crimes against humanity and forced disappearance. As Army Chief of Staff under the de facto regime of General Efraín Ríos Montt, López Fuentes is accused of [...]