Conviction of Peru's former President Fujimori is part of growing international justice movement
Andrew Hudson : "The conviction of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori for serious human rights violations is groundbreaking on a number of levels.First, not only was a former head of state found guilty of crimes against...
Guatemalan reparations program for civil war victims' families about more than compensation
Amanda Martin : "In April 2005, the United Nations Human Rights Commission adopted a set of international principles on reparations for victims of human rights violations. These include restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, and guarantees of non-repetition....
Sebastian Elgueta : "Amnesty International was deeply disappointed at the passage of Decree 06-2008 by the Congress of Guatemala which effectively aims to restart executions of those condemned to death. The Decree establishes the procedure...
Guatemala ordered to apologize for 1982 violence during civil war
Guatemala formally apologized on Monday for a government-ordered massacre that occurred during the country's civil war on July 18, 1982, taking the lives of 226. Vice President Eduardo Stein made the acknowledgement in a small town north...
Guatemala's Constitutional Court Friday ordered charges dropped against soldiers accused of participating in a 1982 massacre of more than 300 civilians, citing the countrys's National Reconciliation Law . The law is a type of amnesty the...
