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
Actualización del caso Genocidio Ixil. Del 2 al 4 de julio de 2024
Martes 2 de julio, audiencia 41 Se presentó por videoconferencia el perito Alejandro Valencia Villa, para ratificar su peritaje del 2015, basado en Derecho Penal Humanitario Internacional. El perito ha trabajado anteriormente en Guatemala, en los casos del Diario Militar, Molina Theissen y la Masacre de Chichupac. Una de [...]
Ixil Genocide case Update. July 2nd-4th, 2024.
Tuesday July 2nd, Hearing 41 Expert witness Alejandro Valencia Villa was presented himself by videoconference to ratify his 2015 expert report, based on International Humanitarian Criminal Law. The expert witness has previously worked in Guatemala, in the cases of the Diario Militar, Molina Theissen and the Chichupac Massacre. One [...]
Actualización caso Genocidio Ixil. Del 25 al 27 de junio de 2024
Martes 25 de junio, audiencia 39 Al inicio de la audiencia la licenciada de los querellantes,. Jovita Tzul solicitó a los Jueces que, debido a que se le otorgó un amparo a la defensa de Manuel Benedicto Lucas García, con el que se dejó fuera el testimonio del Perito [...]
Ixil Genocide case Update. June 25th-27th, 2024.
Tuesday June 25th, hearing 39 At the beginning of the hearing, the plaintiffs' attorney, Jovita Tzul, requested that the judges, due to the fact that the defense of Manuel Benedicto Lucas García was granted an injunction which left out the testimony of expert witness Benjamín Carleoni, analyze and rule [...]
Foto Reportaje: La comunidad de Copal AA celebró su décimo festival del medioambiente
El 6 y 7 de junio de 2024, la comunidad de Copal AA, una comunidad de retornades de México después del Conflicto Armado Interno (CAI) y líder de la lucha contra una represa hidroeléctrica, celebró su décimo Festival del [...]
Photo Report: The community of Copal AA celebrates its 10th environmental festival
On June 6-7, 2024, the community of Copal AA- a community of returnees from Mexico after the Internal Armed Conflict (IAC) and leader of the fight against a hydroelectric dam- celebrated their tenth Festival on the Environment. The festival [...]
