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

29August, 2024

Accompanier Perspectives: A Photo Album from Guatemala

Michelle Liang (she/her) wrote this letter in July, 2024. This Friends and Chosen Family letter is a little different. I thought, sometimes my favorite way of receiving stories is sitting down with my friends and flipping (or scrolling) through a photo album and listening to their commentary on each [...]

29August, 2024

Perspectivas de lxs acompañantes: Álbum de fotos de Guatemala

Michelle Liang (ella) internacionalista 2023-2024 escribió esta carta en julio de 2024. Esta carta de Amigos y Familia Elegida es un poco diferente. Estaba pensando que, a veces, mi forma favorita de recibir historias es sentarme con mis amigos y hojear (o desplazarme) por un álbum de fotos y [...]

29August, 2024

Comunicados Del Intercambio de Los Comunidades de a Costa Sur, Huehuetenango, y Ixil

En abril y junio, la ADH (Asamblea Departmental por la Defensa de los Territorios de Huehuetenango) se reunió con otras organizaciones y comunidades de la Costa Sur, Huehuetenango, y Quiché para compartir sus estrategías y sabiduría sobre la defensa del territorio. Escribieron estos comunicados que incluyen información sobre el [...]

29August, 2024

Joint Statements from the Indigenous Communities of the Southern Coast, Huehuetenango, and Ixil

In April and June, ADH (the Departmental Assembly for the Defense of Territories of Huehuetenango) met with other organizations and communities from the Southern Coast, Huehuetenango, and Quiché to exchange strategies and wisdom about the defense of territory. They wrote these statements that include context for their struggle and [...]

26August, 2024

Actualización del caso Genocidio Ixil. Del 30 de julio al primero de agosto

Martes 30 de julio, audiencia 56 “Quedamos con este miedo de que en cualquier momento nos pueden matar también.” Sobreviviente del genocidio Ixil En la audiencia de hoy se incorporaron 2 pruebas documentales y en audio se escuchó el anticipo de prueba de un testigo. El primer documento al [...]

26August, 2024

Ixil Genocide Case Update. July 30th – August 1st, 2024

Tuesday, July 30th, Hearing 56 “We lived with the fear that at any moment they could kill us, too.” Survivor of the Ixil genocide In today’s hearing, the Public Prosecutor’s Office presented two pieces of documentary evidence along with the audio recording of a witness’s advance testimony. The first [...]

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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

Accompanier Perspectives: A Photo Album from Guatemala

Perspectivas de lxs acompañantes: Álbum de fotos de Guatemala

Comunicados Del Intercambio de Los Comunidades de a Costa Sur, Huehuetenango, y Ixil

Joint Statements from the Indigenous Communities of the Southern Coast, Huehuetenango, and Ixil

Actualización del caso Genocidio Ixil. Del 30 de julio al primero de agosto

Ixil Genocide Case Update. July 30th – August 1st, 2024

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