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

21July, 2011

Justicia para Victor Leiva

Estimados compañeros y compañeras: El 2 de febrero del 2011 quitaron la vida de nuestro amigo Víctor Leiva, artista, promotor cultural y miembro fundador del colectivo Caja Lúdica. Víctor fue asesinado por arma de fuego cuando salía de su trabajo en el Centro Histórico de la Ciudad Capital, por circunstancias [...]

12July, 2011

Public Declaration of the Mam and Kiche’ Peoples of the Department of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Graham HuntIn a press conference carried out in Guatemala City on July 12, 2011, community leaders presented the following:PUBLIC DECLARATION OF THE MAM AND KICHE' PEOPLES OFTHE DEPARTMENT OF QUETZALTENANGO, GUATEMALAThe municipalities of the Mam territory of Quetzaltenango: Huitán, Cajolá, San Miguel Siguilá San Juan Ostuncalco, San Martín Sacatepéquez and [...]

12July, 2011

Pronunciamiento Público de los Pueblos Mam y Kiche’ del Departamento de Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Graham HuntEn una conferencia de prensa llevada a cabo en la Ciudad de Guatemala el 12 de julio del 2011, líderes comunitarios dieron lectura al siguiente:PRONUNCIAMIENTO PÚBLICO DE LOS PUEBLOS MAM Y KICHE' DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE QUETZALTENANGO, GUATEMALALos municipios del área Mam del departamento de Quetzaltenango: Huitán, Cajolá, San Miguel [...]

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 [...]

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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.

Additional reading about community consultations

Justicia para Victor Leiva

Public Declaration of the Mam and Kiche’ Peoples of the Department of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Pronunciamiento Público de los Pueblos Mam y Kiche’ del Departamento de Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Guatemala observes National Day Against Forced Disappearance

Guatemala observa el Día Nacional Contra la Desaparición Forzada

Una oportunidad histórica para la justicia guatemalteca

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