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

Impunity Watch Discusses Guatemala on Radio VPRO 1

28/02/2011 - Impunity Watch Director Marlies Stappers appeared as a guest on the Dutch Radio 1 VPRO show, 'Bureau Buitenland' (Foreign Affairs Bureau) on February 27. Invited to comment on the situation in Guatemala in light of the Dutch government's plans to close its embassy there, she emphasised the importance of retaining it on the international development agenda.

Among the issues she discussed was the threat posed to the country's stability by drug gangs, explaining their linkages with the better-known drug problems in neighbouring Mexico. In this regard, she pointed out that the Netherlands has played a vital role to date as an advocate for the rule of law in Guatemala, not least by supporting the work of the UN-sponsored Commission Against Impunity (CICIG). Dicontinuing bilateral relations now would jeopardise the work of that unique body and the position of those who courageously advocate respect for human rights in this fragile state.

The programme can be downloaded here as a podcast (language is Dutch).

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