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.
Read more

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.

Read more

One vacancy at IW

IW is looking for a Research Coordinator (Principal Researcher) for our Burundi Programme, based in Burundi.
Read more

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.
Read more

Understanding The Role Of Memory Initiatives In Communities Struggling With Impunity

Debating in the Netherlands
with youth, experts and policy-makers
Read more

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.
Read more

PUBLICATIONS

Understanding The Role Of Memory Initiatives In Communities Struggling With Impunity

27/06/2011 - Debating in the Netherlands
with youth, experts and policy-makers

This report presents the proceedings and main findings of a series of debates held in the Netherlands in 2010 to explore the role played by memory initiatives in post-conflict societies.

The series formed the first part of a broader 'Perspectives' project, involving comparative research in six diverse countries on the needs, experiences and dilemmas associated with memorialisation. That research is currently underway, and is due for publication towards the end of 2011.

This will be followed in 2012 with an international exchange conference to draw out conclusions from the case studies and generate practical recommendations concerning memorialisation.

Understanding The Role Of Memory Initiatives In Communities Struggling With Impunity

For individual reports on the three debate events, visit the Memorialisation Project pages.

Back to all publications