Project Description
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 HuntAdditional reading about community consultations
May Solidarity Update ⭐
Thank you for joining us in this May edition of NISGUA’s Solidarity Update. This month has been a month of justice. Not because of access to it, but because despite the lack of it, the people have never ceased to demand it. This month, hundreds of people took to [...]
Statement: General Elections 2023
The Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) rejects and question the candidacy for the presidential elections of Zury Mayté Ríos Sosa, daughter of the deceased ex-dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt. THE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION - AJR- COMMUNICATES TO THE PUBLIC OPINION Zury Ríos Sosa's participation as a [...]
Statement: De Facto Amnesty
On June 9, Guatemala’s justice system granted substitute measures and house arrest to former high-rank military officials Benedicto Lucas García, Manuel Callejas y Callejas, and Francisco Luis Gordillo Martínez, who were sentenced in 2018 for their participation in the illegal detention, torture, and sexual assault of Emma Guadalupe Molina [...]
Un compromiso por el cuidado de nuestra Casa Común
Celebración del 8vo aniversario de la consulta municipal en San Juan Tecuaco San Juan Tecuaco, 21 de mayo de 2023 - En un emotivo encuentro, la Comisión Multisectorial de Defensa de la Naturaleza (COMUDENA) de San Juan Tecuaco conmemoró el 8vo aniversario de la histórica consulta municipal que [...]
United States co-responsible in the Military Diary case
On May 20, 1999, the Military Diary of Guatemala was published for the first time. Twenty-four years after the publication of the document: The Military Diary, families of the victims registered in it continue to demand justice. We join the thousands of voices that continue to ask #WhereAreThey? #ThinkDifferentIsNotACrime. [...]
Estados Unidos corresponsable en el caso Diario Militar
El 20 de mayo de 1999, fue publicado por primera vez el Diario Militar de Guatemala. A 24 años de la publicación del documento Diario Militar familiares de víctimas que se registran ahí siguen exigiendo justicia. Nos sumamos a las miles de voces que siguen preguntando #EnDóndeEstán? #PensarDistintoNoEsDelito. El [...]
