[GUATEMALA, 29 de junio de 2006] El Comité de la ONU para los Derechos del Niño expresó su preocupación por los problemas que enfrenta hoy la infancia en Guatemala, sobre todo por los elevados índices de pobreza, violencia y...
Summary: This manual is a practical, hands-on guide to the procedures and substantive case law of the inter-American human rights system.The Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at the Yale Law School and the Center for...
Summary: The 2004 Annual Report contains chapters on the following: legal bases and activities of the Commission, petition and case system, human rights development in the region, follow-up of recommendations formulated by the Commission in the...
The conference will take place in Antigua, Guatemala, February 21 to 23 2007 and is organised by the Guatemalan Community Studies and Psychosocial Action Team - ECAP (www.ecapguatemala.org), and the Spanish Community Action Group - GAC (www....
Casa Alianza, junto con otras organizaciones que defienden los derechos humanos de la niñez, llevan casi 10 años promoviendo que se apruebe una legislación que verdaderamente proteja a los niños y niñas guatemaltecos...
The National Attorney General, Mario Gordillo, announced that so far this year more that 1,400 adoptions have been authorised. The majority of adoptions were made by foreigners, in particular North American families.According to...
Nouvelle étude internationale menée par la campagne Contrôlez les armes : Amnesty International, Oxfam International et le Réseau d’action international sur les armes légères (RAIAL)Une é...
Debido a la ola de violencia que enfrenta la sociedad guatemalteca, el Estado conformó un Escuadrón de Seguridad Ciudadana, el cuál fue integrado especialmente por ex soldados guatemaltecos. Este Escuadrón, lejos de detener las...
Using the justification of a suggested need to control increased violence, the State of Guatemala recently formed a Security Unit, integrated with ex soldiers, in order to impose security within the country. This Unit, instead of...
In the past few months, Casa Alianza has been denouncing the “social cleansing” for which the State of Guatemala must be held responsible for its tacit complicity, as no action has been taken, despite the fact that day after day,...