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Former Judge Erika Aifán from Guatemala joins RFK Human Rights as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Tags Share Contact: Emma Gillett gillett@rfkhumanrights.org Washington, D.C., April 19, 2022 –– Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is honored to welcome former Judge Erika Aifán as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow. Dr. Aifán will be working closely with the International Litigation and Advocacy team and will help expand its work on the rule of law, human
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Ex jueza Erika Aifán de Guatemala se une a RFK Human Rights como Distinguida Asociada Visitante
Tags Share Contacto: Isabel C. Roby Roby@rfkhumanrights.org Washington, D.C. 19 de abril, 2022- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights tiene el honor de dar la bienvenida a la Ex jueza Erika Aifán como Distinguida Asociada Visitante. La Dra. Aifán trabajará en estrecha colaboración con el equipo de Incidencia y Litigio Internacional y ayudará a ampliar el
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Constitutional Court of Guatemala to Rule on the Swearing In of Magistrate Gloria Porras
Tags Share Guatemala City, Geneva, Washington D.C. March 21, 2022 The international organizations that make up the International Observatory on Guatemala express grave concerns regarding news that today, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala will be hearing an amparo (a legal protective mechanism) related to the swearing in of Gloria Porras. Porras was reelected in April
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Corte de Constitucionalidad de Guatemala decidirá sobre juramentación de la magistrada Gloria Porras
Tags Share Ciudad de Guatemala, Ginebra y Washington D.C. 21 de marzo de 2022 Las organizaciones que conformamos el Observatorio internacional sobre los derechos humanos en Guatemala vemos con preocupación que, según medios de comunicación, el día de hoy la Corte de Constitucionalidad estaría conociendo un amparo relacionado a la juramentación de la magistrada electa
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International organizations demand publicity and announce observation of Erika Aifán’s deposition hearing before the investigating judge
Tags Share Guatemala City, Geneva and Washington D.C. March 3, 2022 Next Friday, March 4, a hearing will be held to hear the statement of Judge Erika Aifán Dávila, before the investigating judge Roaldo Isaías Chávez Pérez. This proceeding is part of the antejuicio procedure promoted by the Attorney General’s Office against her, with the
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Organizaciones internacionales exigimos publicidad y anunciamos observación de la audiencia de declaración de la jueza Erika Aifán ante juez pesquisidor
Tags Share Ciudad de Guatemala, Ginebra y Washington D.C 3 de marzo de 2022 El próximo viernes 4 de marzo se llevará a cabo la audiencia en la que se escuchará la declaración de la jueza Erika Aifán Dávila, ante el juez pesquisidor Roaldo Isaías Chávez Pérez. Esta diligencia forma parte del procedimiento de antejuicio
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International Organizations Reject the Criminalization of Judge Pablo Xitumul and Denounce the Persecution of Justice Operators in Guatemala
Tags Share Guatemala City, Geneva and Washington D.C. February 10, 2022 On February 9, 2022, the Supreme Court of Justice declared admissible the request to strip Judge Pablo Xitumul de Paz of his judicial immunity, leaving him vulnerable to impeachment. Pablo Xitumul de Paz is the judge of the First Court of Criminal Sentencing, Drug
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Organizaciones Internacionales Rechazamos Criminalización del Juez Pablo Xitumul y Denunciamos la Persecución de Operadores de Justicia en Guatemala
Tags Share Ciudad de Guatemala, Ginebra y Washington D.C 10 de febrero de 2022 Ayer, 09 de febrero, la Corte Suprema de Justicia decidió declarar con lugar la solicitud de antejuicio interpuesta contra el juez Pablo Xitumul de Paz, juez del tribunal primero de sentencia penal, narcoactividad y de delitos contra el ambiente, con competencia
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Justice in Guatemala is at Risk
Tags Share On September 28 2021, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights joined other human rights organizations in a thematic hearing before the Inter American Commission of Human Rights, to express our profound concern for the sustained harassment faced by judges and prosecutors in Guatemala fighting against corruption, and grave human rights violations in the country.
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Rechazamos la aprobación del Decreto que limita el trabajo de las ONGs en Guatemala
Las Ong Firmantes Exhortamos Al Presidente De La República De Guatemala a Vetar El Decreto No. 04-2020 Que Introduce Reformas a La Ley De Ongs Que Afectan La Libertad De Asociación, Libertad De Expresión Y Restringe El Espacio Cívico
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Fighting for Justice With Indigenous Activists in Guatemala
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Xinka Parliament of Guatemala are asking the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to hold the Guatemalan government responsible for failing to protect the life of 16-year-old indigenous activist Topacio Reynoso and her father, also an activist. This case is representative of the threats and attacks
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Reynoso Pacheco et al. v. Guatemala: When Mining Turns Into Murder
Topacio Reynoso devoted her too-short life to battling mining interests ravaging Indigenous lands in Guatemala.
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