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

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 [...]

21June, 2011

Testimonio aportado en caso de masacre de Panzós

Walter Overdick gives his testimony. Graham HuntLa misma mañana, en la misma sala, inmediatamente previo a la comparencia de López Fuentess, otra audiencia se llevó a cabo de torno a la 1978 masacre de Panzós, reconocida como la primera masacre del período más oscuro de las compañas contrainsurgentes de "tierra [...]

21June, 2011

Testimony given in Panzós massacre case

Walter Overdick gives his testimony. Graham HuntThe same morning, in the very same court room immediately prior to López Fuentes' indictment, another hearing was held regarding the 1978 Panzós massacre, recognized as the first massacre of Guatemala's darkest period of "scorched earth" counterinsurgency. Former mayor of Panzós Walter Overdick related [...]