Summary: This report summarises hearings on children's rights in Guatemala held by the Inter-American Commission, reports by the Commission's Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child, and cases brought to the Commission and Court. Guatemala is a member...
Summary: Information about institutions in Guatemala that monitor children's rights.Children's Ombudsperson
Guatemala's Office of the Human Rights Procurator houses a Children's Ombudsman with the power to investigate complaints alleging violations...
La diputada del Frente Republicano Guatemalteco (FRG), Lucrecia de Palomo presentó una iniciativa de ley para elevar el rango de educación especial en el país, con la creación de una dirección específica, en...
[NUEVA YORK, 1 de octubre de 2007] – En una carta enviada hoy al Congreso de Guatemala, Human Rights Watch exhortó a los legisladores a votar en contra de la “Iniciativa de Ley de Protección Integral del Matrimonio y la...
[12 December 2007] - Guatemala's Congress has passed a new bill that it hopes will tighten adoption rules in the country. The new law will eliminate mediators, create a federal adoption agency and prohibit birth parents from receiving financial...
Summary: This is a landmark case as it is the first trial in Guatemala against members of the military accused of genocide during the country’s brutal 36-year civil conflict that ended in 1985, and which claimed the lives of around 250,000 people,...
[3 de agosto de 2011] - Por el asesinato de 201 campesinos, pacíficos pobladores de la aldea Dos Erres (Petén, norte), cuatro militares, entre ellos dos kaibiles (tropas de élite del ejército guatemalteco),...
Summary: An investigation has begun into retired general Héctor Mario López Fuentes, 81, who was arrested on Friday. He has been charged with genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in massacres in indigenous communities nearly three...
[17 de junio de 2011] - El Consejo de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos ha aprobado finalmente ayer el nuevo conjunto de principios rectores para los Derechos Humanos y Empresas diseñado para...
Summary: El foro de derechos humanos de las Naciones Unidas se declaró ayer en contra de la discriminación o violencia contra personas en base a su orientación sexual, en una votación que los países occidentales consideraron histórica pero que los...
