Ratification of Rome Statute by Guatemalan Congress

Impunity Watch welcomes the ratification of the Rome Statute by the Guatemalan Congress and additionally welcomes the recent progress achieved in the Ixil Genocide case.
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Breaking the wave: critical steps in the fight against crime in Guatemala

New report points to critical steps that must be taken for Guatemala to overcome its plague of criminal violence.
Impunity Watch and the Conflict Research Unit of the Clingendael Institute today jointly publish a major new report detailing the immense challenges faced by the Guatemalan criminal justice system as a new right-wing government takes power in the country.

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One vacancy at IW

IW is looking for a Research Coordinator (Principal Researcher) for our Burundi Programme, based in Burundi.
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Santa Lucía book presentation

On 25 September 2011 IW and Solidaridad presented a remembrance book in the "Doopsgezinde kerk" in Haarlem. The book tells the story of 30 men and women from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala who disappeared or were killed during the 36-year internal conflict.
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Understanding The Role Of Memory Initiatives In Communities Struggling With Impunity

Debating in the Netherlands
with youth, experts and policy-makers
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The Persistence of Truth

This report looks at progress in truth-seeking and the combat of impunity in Guatemala ten years after its UN-backed truth comission, the Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH), published its findings on the events of the internal armed confrontation of 1960-96.
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Recognising the Past: Challenges in the Combat of Impunity in Guatemala

29/11/2008 - Impunity Watch has published the summary report of a research project conducted over the past two years in Guatemala, examining the root causes and nature of impunity for crimes committed during its long civil war.

‘Recognising the Past: Challenges in the Combat of Impunity in Guatemala’ was produced in partnership with the Centre for Legal Action in Human Rights (CALDH), the Mayan Centre for Documentation and Research (CEDIM) and the Institute for the Comparative Study of Criminal Law in Guatemala (ICCPG), based on a specially-designed Research Instrument.

The 76-page document presents the main findings of this research, along with policy recommendations drawn from wide-ranging policy consultations with state and non-state actors for better achieving truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-repetition of grave crimes against international law.

Currently available in Spanish, the Executive Summary to ‘Recognising the Past: Challenges in the Combat of Impunity in Guatemala’ in Spanish, can be downloaded here.

The full report and Executive Summary shall shortly be available in both Spanish and English. Check the IW website regularly, or send your email to sanne.weber@impunitywatch.org to ensure you receive a copy.

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