Guatemala: Human Rights

Guatemala
Human Rights
Websites Articles, Book Chapters, and Conference Papers Books and Monographs
Websites	research in progress
American Association for the Advancement of Science/Human Rights Projects in Guatemala (English/Español) Articles in English and Spanish on human rights issues in Guatemala. Artículos en inglés y español sobre temas de derechos humanos en Guatemala.
Americas.org: Guatemala The nonprofit Resource Center of the Americas (of which AMERICAS.ORG is a program) informs, educates and organizes to promote human rights, democratic participation, economic justice and cross-cultural understanding in the context of globalization in the Americas.
Amnesty International: Guatemala (English/Español) AI's Guatemala site with many online resources, reports, articles and links. Numerosos artículos on-line, reportes y enlaces de interés.
Amnesty International Leicester Local Group Local AI chapter's website includes descriptions of clandestine cemetries in Guatemala and activist information
Asociación Solidaridad Bologna-Guatemala (in Spanish) Sitio Web que contiene enlaces con organismos de Derechos Humanos, organizaciones estudiantiles, campesinas y de mujeres en Guatemala, así como también vínculos hacia los medios informativos de ese país.
Comisión para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos en Centroamérica CODEHUCA (in Spanish) ONG sin fines de lucro cuya misión es la defensa de los derechos humanos en Centroamérica.
Equipo Nizkor: Guatemala (English) (Español) Extensive website that includes links to various international and domestic reports on human rights issues particular to Guatemala. Amplio sitio web que contiene informes y artículos sobre los derechos humanos en Guatemala, y enlaces de interés.
For The Record: UN Human Rights Developments: Guatemala Human Rights Internet's annual report of UN human rights developments for Guatemala, provides brief synopsis of treaties, ratification, reservations, and periodic reports on all pertinent UN campaigns.
Global March Against Child Labour: Guatemala Data Movement borne out of hope and the need felt by thousands of people across the globe - the desire to set children free from servitude. Human Rights Violations, Statistics on Children in the Labor Market, Slavery, Trafficking, Prostitution, Crime. Etc
Human Rights and Press Freedom in Latin America: Guatemala Includes links to NGO's as well as links to country information, articles, press, and related issues.
Human Rights Watch (English) (Español) HRW site with current updates on human rights in Guatemala, articles, reports, news briefs, and extensive resources. Noticias actualizadas sobre los derechos humanos en Guatemala, artículos, reportes y enlaces de interés.
MINUGUA United Nations Verification Commission in Guatemala. Reports, News Updates, Peace Accords, Human Rights Links
Peace Brigades International: Guatemala (English) (Español) History of Peace Brigades role in Guatemala, reports, links to Guatemalan HR organizations. Historia del rol de Brigadas de Paz Internacional en Guatemala, informes, y enlaces hacia organizaciones de derechos humanos en Guatemala.
Refugees International: Guatemala Refugees International generates lifesaving humanitarian assistance and protection for displaced people around the world, and works to end the conditions that create displacement.
The Central American Refugee Center: Human Rights Update Non-profit immigration and human rights organization serving the refugee community on Long Island and throughout southern New York State. Provides human rights update on Guatemala and other coutries in Central America.
The Global IDP Project: Guatemala The Global IDP Project of the Norwegian Refugee Council is an international non-governmental body working for better protection and assistance of people who have been displaced within their own country by conflict or because of human rights violations.
(ICTJ) The International Center for Transitional Justice: Guatemala ICTJ assists countries pursuing accountability for past mass atrocity or human rights abuse. The Center works in societies emerging from repressive rule or armed conflict, as well as in established democracies where historical injustices or systemic abuse remain unresolved. It provides comparative information, legal and policy analysis, documentation, and strategic research to justice and truth-seeking institutions, nongovernmental organizations, governments and others.
World Policy Institute: Guatemala Project for global democracy and human rights, site with Guatemalan human rights overview and assessment.
Articles, Book Chapters, and Conference Papers	research in progress
Aldana-Pindell, Raquel. "In Vindication of Justiciable Victims' Rights to Truth and Justice for State-Sponsored Crimes," Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol.35, No.5 (November, 2002):1399-1501 Available at (2-23-2006): http://law.vanderbilt.edu/journal/35-05/Aldana-Pindell.pdf
Alecio, Rolando. "Uncovering the Truth: Political Violence and Indigenous Organizations," in Minor Sinclair and J. Nash, (eds.), The New Politics of Survival. Grassroot Movements in Central America, EPICA/Monthly Review Press Book, New York, USA (1995): 25-46.
Amnistía Internacional. "Guatemala. La Comunidad de Derechos Humanos, Sitiada," (Julio, 2001). Available at (8-1-2003): http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/eslAMR340222001?Open&of=esl-GTM
Amnistía Internacional. "Guatemala: The Lethal Legacy of Impunity." Available in English at (8-22-2003): http://web.amnesty.org/web/content.nsf/pages/gbrguatemala_index Disponible en Español en (8-22-2003): http://www.edai.org/temporal/guatemala/guatemala.htm
Ball, Patrick. "Making the Case: The Role of Statistics in Human Rights Reporting," Statistical Journal of the UN Economic Commission for Europe, 18, 2-3 (2001): 163-173.
Baranyi, Stephen. "The Challenge in Guatemala: Verifying Human Rights, Strengthening National Institutions and Enhancing an Integrated UN Approach to Peace," London School of Economics, Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London, UK (1995).
Castillo, Jorge Mario. "Violaciones de los Derechos Humanos de las Reclusas," Ponencia presentada durante el seminario-taller: Violencia contra las Mujeres Privadas de Libertad en América Latina, Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos- Comisión de Derechos Humanos del D.F.-DPLF, México, D.F., México (Abril 28-29, 2003). Available at (6-21-2005): http://www.dplf.org/PPL/span/mx_ppl03/mx_ppl03_Castillo.pdf
Chapman, Audrey R., Patrick Ball and Patrick Donnell. "The Truth of Truth Commissions: Comparative Lessons from Haiti, South Africa, and Guatemala," Human Rights Quarterly, 23, 1 (February, 2001): 1-43. An article that examines the process and role of "truth commissions" in human rights reconciliation in the twenty-first century. available online: subscription or university password may be required
Crandall, Joanna. "Truth Commissions in Guatemala and Peru: Perpetual Impunity and Transitional Justice Compared," Peace, Conflict & Development, 4 (October, 2003). Available at (5-3-2005): http://www.peacestudiesjournal.org.uk/docs/perpetualimpunity.PDF
Davenport, Christian and Patrick Ball. "Views to a Kill: Exploring the Implications of Source Selection in the Case of Guatemalan State Terror, 1977-1995," Journal of Conflict Resolution, 46, 3 (June, 2002): 427-450.
Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense. "Guatemala," EAAF Annual Report 2002, (2002): 74-79. Available at (9-7-2005): http://www.eaaf.org/docs/annualreport/2002/09Guatemala.pdf
Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense. "Guatemala," EAAF Annual Report 2001, (2001): 70-75. También disponible en Español: "Guatemala," EAAF Informe Anual 2001, (2001): 70-75. Available in English at (9-7-2005): http://www.eaaf.org/reports/AR2001/10GUATEMALA.PDF Disponible en Español en (9-7-2005): http://www.eaaf.org/reports/AR2001/10GUATEMALA-SP.PDF
Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense. "Guatemala," EAAF Annual Report 1999, (1999): 44-49. Available at (9-7-2005): http://www.eaaf.org/reports/AR1999/07Guatemala1999.pdf
Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense. "Guatemala," EAAF Annual Report 1998, (1998): 31-35. Available at (9-7-2005): http://www.eaaf.org/reports/AR1998/07Guatemala1998.pdf
Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense. "Colombia," EAAF Biannual Report 1996-97, (1997): 99-105. Available at (9-7-2005): http://www.eaaf.org/reports/AR9697/10Guatemala96_97.pdf
Fernández García, María Cristina. "Lynching in Guatemala: Legacy of War and Impunity," Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, USA (June, 2004). Available at (6-7-2005): http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/fellows/papers03-04/fernandez.pdf
Figueroa Ibarra, Carlos. "Reivindicar al Ejército y Anular la Transición Democratica." Available at (8-1-2003): http://www.derechos.org/ddhh/gam/figueroa.txt
Fischer, Thomas. "La Función de las Comisiones para la Verdad como Instrumento para Afrontar el Pasado en Argentina, Chile, El Salvador y Guatemala," in Klaus Bodomer, Sabine Kurtenbach and Klaus Meschkat, (eds.), Violencia y Regulación de Conflictos en América Latina, Nueva Sociedad, Caracas, Venezuela (2001): 293-302.
Gilbert, Robert B. "Guatemala's Violent Peace," America, 186, 10 (3-25-2002). Available at (5-9-2005): http://www.americamagazine.org/gettext.cfm?articleTypeID=1&textID=1660&issueID=366
Grandin, Greg. "The Instruction of Great Catastrophe: Truth Commissions, National History, and State Formation in Argentina, Chile, and Guatemala," The American Historical Review, 110, 1 (February, 2005): 46-67.
Guitiérrez de Colmenares, Carmen Maria. "Los Derechos Humanos y los Tratados que los Contienen en el Derecho Constitucional y la Jurisprudencia de Guatemala," Ius et Praxis, 9, 1 (2003): 117-156. Available at (12-29-2004): http://derecho.utalca.cl/pgs/investigacion/iusetpraxis/9-1-2003/117_156_gutierrez.pdf
Hale, Charles. "Consciousness, Violence, and the Politics of Memory in Guatemala," Current Anthropology, 38, 5 (December, 1997): 817-838.
Hayner, Priscilla B. "Truth Commissions: Exhuming the Past," NACLA Report on the Americas, 32, 2 (September-October, 1998): 30-32.
Herrera, Kenia. "Tribunales de Mujeres," El Observador Judicial, 7, 48 (Marzo-Abril, 2004): 8-10. Available at (11-22-2005): http://www.iccpg.org.gt/paginas/OBSERVADOR%2048.pdf
Jowdy, Gregory. "Truth Commissions in El Salvador and Guatemala: a Proposal for Truth in Guatemala," Boston College Third World Law Journal, 17, 2 (1997): 285-330.
JUSPEGE-ICCPG. "Situación de Violaciones de Derechos Humanos a las Mujeres Privadas de Libertad en Guatemala," El Observador Judicial, 7, 48 (Marzo-Abril, 2004): 6-7. Available at (11-22-2005): http://www.iccpg.org.gt/paginas/OBSERVADOR%2048.pdf
Ko'aga Roñe'eta. "Guatemala: Entre Impunidad y Estado de Derecho," Seminario Internacional: Impunidad y sus Efectos en los Procesos Democráticos, Santiago, Chile (Diciembre 14, 1996). Available at (8-1-2003): http://www.derechos.org/koaga/xi/2/conrado.html
Lerche, Charles. "Truth Commissions and National Reconciliation: Some Reflections on Theory and Practice," Peace and Conflict Studies, 7, 1 (May, 2000): 1-20. Available at (5-30-2005): http://www.gmu.edu/academic/pcs/LERCHE71PCS.html
Mersky, Marcie. "History as an Instrument of Social Reparation: Reflections on an Experience in Guatemala," The Just Word, 5, 1 (Spring, 2000): 1-4.
Molina Mejía, Raúl. "The Struggle Against Impunity in Guatemala," Social Justice, 26, 4 (1999): 55-83.
Morán Vásquez, Ana Lucía. "La Situación de Mujeres Privadas de Libertad en Guatemala. Un Enfoque Integral para Enfrentar sus Actuales Desafíos," El Observador Judicial, 7, 48 (Marzo-Abril, 2004): 2-5. Available at (11-22-2005): http://www.iccpg.org.gt/paginas/OBSERVADOR%2048.pdf
Morán, Ana Lucía . "La Violencia contra las Mujeres Privadas de Libertad en Guatemala. Un Enfoque Integral para Enfrentar los Desafíos Actuales," Ponencia presentada durante el seminario-taller: Violencia contra las Mujeres Privadas de Libertad en América Latina, Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos- Comisión de Derechos Humanos del D.F.-DPLF, México, D.F., México (Abril 28-29, 2003). Available at (6-21-2005): http://www.dplf.org/PPL/span/mx_ppl03/mx_ppl03_Moran.pdf
Popkin, Margaret and Naomi Roht-Arriaza. "Truth as Justice: Investigatory Commissions in Latin America," Law and Social Inquiry, 20, 1 (Winter, 1995): 79-116.
Reyes Prado, Anantonia. "Aportes para la Discusión: Un Movimiento por los DDHH en Guatemala," La Insignia, Guatemala (Julio, 2003). Available at (8-1-2003): http://www.lainsignia.org/2003/julio/der_035.htm
Ropp, Stephen C. and Kathryn Sikkink. "International Norms and Domestic Politics in Chile and Guatemala," in Thomas Risse, Stephen Ropp and Kathryn Sikkink (eds.), The Power of Human Rights: International Norms and Democratic Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1999): 172-204.
Samayoa, Claudia. "El Rostro del Terror: Análisis de los Ataques en Contra de Defensores de Derechos Humanos del 2000 al 2003," Colección para la CICIACS, Guatemala (2004). Available at (4-3-2005): http://www.albedrio.org/htm/documentos/InformeRostroDelTerror0204.pdf
Schirmer, J. "Universal and Sustainable Human Rights: Special Tribunals in Guatemala," in Richard Wilson, (ed.), Human Rights Culture and Context: Anthropological Perspectives, Pluto Press, London UK (1997): 161-186.
Sieder, Rachel. "Legal Globalization and Human Rights: Constructing the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Guatemala," Salamanca, Spain (April, 2004). Available at (6-13-2005): http://www3.usal.es/~dpublico/areacp/Doctorado0304/Seminario_Investigacion03/Sieder04.PDF
Sieder, Rachel. "War, Peace and the Politics of Memory in Guatemala," in Nigel Biggar (ed.), Burying the Past: Making Peace and Doing Justice After Civil Conflict, Georgetown University Press, Washington, USA (February, 2001): 184-206.
Sieder, Rachel. " La Justicia y la Democracia en América Latina," in Jorge Solares (coord.), Pluralidad Jurídica en el Umbral del Siglo, FLACSO, Guatemala (2000): 37-50.
Simón, Jan-Michael. "La Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico, Verdad y Justicia en Guatemala," Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado, 36, 106, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, México, D.F. (Enero-Abril, 2003): 147-203. Available at (1-7-2005): http://www.juridicas.unam.mx/publica/librev/rev/boletin/cont/106/art/art6.pdf
Snodgrass Godoy, Angelina. "Lynchings and Democratization of Terror in Post War Guatemala: Implications for Human Rights," Human Rights Quarterly, 4, 3 (2002): 640-661.
Tomuschat, Christian. "Clarification Commission in Guatemala," Human Rights Quarterly, 23, 2 (2001): 233-258. An article assessing the impact of the 1999 Guatemalan Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH) report that addressed human rights violations that had occurred in Guatemala over the past 35 years. available online: subscription or university password may be required
"Villagrán Morales et al vs. Guatemala, The 'Street Children Case, Reparations,'" The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, (Ser. C) No. 77 (2001). Available at (2-17-2004): http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/iachr/C/77-ing.html
Books and Monographs	research in progress
Archdiocese of Guatemala. Guatemala: Never Again! Recovery of Historical Memory Project (REMHI): The Official Report of the Human Rights Office, Orbis Books, New York, 1999. También disponible en Español: (ODHAG) Oficina de Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala. Guatemala: Nunca Más (4 vols), Informe Proyecto Interdiocesano de Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, 1998.
Ball, Patrick, Paul Kobrak and Herbert Spirer. State Violence in Guatemala, 1960-1996: A Quantitative Reflection, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1997. Available at (5-31-2005): http://shr.aaas.org/guatemala/ciidh/qr/english/
Bovino, Alberto and William Ramírez, [et al]. Pena de Muerte, Fundación Myrna Mack, Guatemala, 1998.
Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico. Guatemala: Memory of Silence. Report of the Commission for Historical Clarification: Conclusions and Recommendations, CEH, 1999. También disponible en Español: Guatemala: Memoria Del Silencio, Informe de la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico, CEH, 1999. Available in English at (3-9-2005): http://shr.aaas.org/guatemala/ceh/report/english/ Disponible en Español en (8-22-2003): http://shr.aaas.org/guatemala/ceh/gmds_pdf/index.html
Edgar Alfredo and Balsells Tojo. Olvido o Memoria: El Dilema de la Sociedad Guatemalteca, F&G Editores Litografía Nawal Wuj, Guatemala, 2001.
Espinoza C., Víctor, [el al]. Comisiones de la Verdad ¿Un Camino Incierto?, CODEPU, 2003. Available at (5-3-2005): http://www.apt.ch/pub/library/Estudio2.pdf
Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo. Draining The Sea: An Analysis of Three Rural Communities in Guatemala (1980-1984), Centro Internacional para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1996.
Hayner, Priscilla B. Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror and Atrocities, Routledge, New York, USA, 2001.
Hernández Castillo, Rosalva Aída. La Experiencia de Refugio en Chiapas: Nuevas Relaciones en la Frontera Sur Mexicana, Academia Mexicana de Derechos Humanos, México, D.F., 1993.
Hey, Hilde. Gross Human Rights Violations: A Search for Causes - A Study of Guatemala and Costa Rica -, Klower Law International, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1995.
Manz, Beatriz. Refugees of a Hidden War: The Aftermath of Counterinsurgency in Guatemala, State University of New York Press, Albany, New York, USA, 1988.
Pásara Pasos, Luís Humberto. Paz, Ilusión y Cambio en Guatemala: el Proceso de Paz, sus Actores, sus Logros, y Límites, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, Guatemala, 2003.
Pásara, Luis. Las Decisiones Judiciales en Guatemala: Un Análsis de Sentencias Emitidas por los Tribunales, Misión de Verificación de las Naciones Unidas en Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2000.
Risse, Thomas, Stephen Ropp and Kathryn Sikkink, (eds.). The Power of Human Rights. International Norms and Domestic Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999.
Russell, Gram. Unearthing the Truth: Exhuming A Decade of Terror in Guatemala, Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean and the Center for Human Rights Legal Action, Washington, USA, 1996.
Stepputat, Finn. Self-Sufficiency and Exile in Mexico: Report on a Field Study Among Relocated Guatemalan Refugees in South-East Mexico, August-November 1988, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, Switzerland, 1989.
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