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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NEWS ARCHIVE

IW holds debate on monuments and youth

23/04/2010 - On 22 April 2010, as part of a series of debates on the role of memorialisation in the combat of impunity, Impunity Watch brought together experts and young people to consider the relationship between monuments to victims of war crimes and grave human rights abuses, and future generations. The event was organised in partnership with the Anne Frank House, partner on this project, and Critical Mass, a Dutch youth organisation.

To learn more about the discussions, click here to download the debate report.

Further events are planned for September and November this year.

This project receives generous funding from Hivos.

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