Our Monthly Information Package details the activities of PBI during every month including a short summery of relevant events regarding the human rights situation. It explains the accompany works realised by the volunteer team and lists all meetings with national authorities and the diplomatic corp.
MIP October 2024
- Court grants house arrest to José Rubén Zamora
- 43 years after the abduction of Marco Antonio, his family continues searching for him
- Felipe Xo Quib, member of the Artisanal Fishermen’s Union of El Estor, murdered
- Day of Indigenous, Black and Popular Resistance
MIP September 2024
- Challenges and resistance to new water bill
- Ministry of the Interior reactivates Agency for the Analysis of Attacks Against Human Rights Defenders
- Indigenous Authorities call for transparency and honorability in Election of Courts
MIP August 2024
- Continued criminalization of indigenous human rights defenders and ancestral authorities Rigoberto Juárez and Ermitaño López.
- Persons accused in the case Hogar “Seguro” awarded conditional release
- Negative impacts of palm plantations on communities in northern Guatemala
- Violence in Chiapas generates massive displacement to Guatemala and insecurity on migration routes
MIP July 2024
- UN High Commissioner deeply concerned about criminalization and prosecution
- After a second sentence against her, Virgina Laparra goes into exile to save her life
- Arbitrariness and judicial persecution continue in the José Rubén Zamora case
- IACHR warns of “abusive use of the penal system” and recommends examining the independence of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP)
- Guatemala commemorates National Day against Enforced Disappearances
- Evictions violate fundamental rights and go against COPADEH’s recommendation
- Rainy season begins causing landslides, floods and alerts in the agricultural sector
- Attorney General, former presidents and other high-ranking officials denounced before international court
- 25th anniversary of the publication of the Diario Militar
- A Worsening Human Rights Situation Throughout 2023
- Criminal prosecution and criminalization of journalists and justice operators continues
- IACHR Report: Guatemala fails to comply with its obligation to combat impunity
- Trial begins against Manuel Benedicto Lucas García for genocide of the Ixil people
- Cerro Blanco mining: a major threat to eastern Guatemala and other neighboring countries
- Search Mechanism for Missing Migrants faces significant challenges
- March 8: Once again women take to the streets to demand their rights
- Start of the trial for the Genocide of the Ixil people - Lucas García stage suspended
- Criminalization of former members of CICIG and FECI continues
- Communities demand reform of the Protected Areas Law
- February 25: Day for the Dignification of the Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict
- New suspension in the second case against Jose Rubén Zamora
- Historic agreement between government and peasant organizations
- Cumbre de Alaska verdict disappoints families of victims and survivors
- Indigenous peoples continue to be at the forefront of the defense of democracy
- After 2.500 days of delays, the hearings in the Hogar “Seguro” case begins
- Critical situation of press freedom in Guatemala
- Guatemala: the Latin America country with the highest rates of child undernutrition and number six in the world
- Sit-in led by indigenous authorities in defense of democracy has lasted for three months
- State of Guatemala condemned for violating the rights of the Q’eqchi’ people in El Estor
- Five Guatemalan soldiers sentenced to life imprisonment by Belgian court
- The arbitrary imprisonment of Virginia Laparra ends but criminalisation and prosecution of former anti-corruption prosecutors continues
- Guatemala has the third highest number of murdered journalists in the world
- National strike in defense of democracy continues
- Lawyer Claudia González is released from prison but remains on trial
- Dos Erres Case: acquittal for those accused of crimes against humanity
- 25 November: Guatemalan women denounce the constant violence, discrimination and corruption that impacts their lives
- Storm Pilar wreaks havoc in Alta Verapaz
- Indigenous Authorities Lead National Strike in Defence of Democracy
- Diverse communities and sectors of Guatemala converge in their demands on the Day of the Revolution
- Sentence against journalist Rubén Zamora annulled and retrial ordered
- Early motherhood: the fruit of a cruel aggression against girls and adolescents
- Independence month marked by protests and strong concern from the International Community
- Congress includes widely contested bills on its agenda
- The criminalisation of Claudia González continues and her pre-trial detention is maintained
- Concern over continued attacks on Movimiento Semilla’s electoral victory
- “Partial justice” for victims and survivors of the Rancho Bejuco massacre
- Child pregnancies violate girls’ most basic rights
- Criminalisation of renowned lawyer Claudia González
- Guatemalan democracy at risk after the first round of elections
- 130 families evicted in Huehuetenango
- Virginia Laparra obtains alternative measures but remains in prison
- Climate crisis threatens the sovereignty and food security of thousands of families
- The Difficult Defense of LGBTIQ+ Rights in Guatemala
- Evictions of indigenous and peasant communities undermine their ancestral and human right
- 21 of June: National Day Against Forced Disappearance
- UN Working Group demands release of Virginia Laparra
- Closure of elPeriódico: strong deterioration of press freedom in Guatemala
- 10th anniversary of a historic ruling: “Genocide was committed In Guatemala.”
- Defending water is a human right
- Norma Sancir’s case against PNC agents is postponed
- 25th anniversary of the assassination of Monsignor Gerardi
- Landslide disaster: could it have been avoided?
- International Mother Earth Day
- Democracy at Risk: Concern Grows Inside and Outside Guatemala
- 2022 marked by worsening human rights situation
- March 8: once again women declare ‘enough is enough’
- World Water Day: multiple activities in different territories
- Acute child malnutrition: a chronic problem that hits rural areas hard
- Return to face-to-face classes: challenges and difficulties
- One year has passed since the arbitrary detention of former prosecutor Virginia Laparra
- Every day six girls under the age of 14 give birth
- Concern grows over the right to freedom of expression
- Progress and setbacks in the quest for justice for victims of the Internal Armed Conflict
- Strong international concern over the deterioration of democracy
- Guatemala among the countries with the highest Corruption Perception Index
- The Historical Archive of the National Police, part of Guatemala’s Cultural Heritage is abandonned and without protection
- 2022 marked by criminalisation and the strong deterioration of the Justice System
- Violence in El Estor continues
- Serious setback in the “Diario Militar” case and in the fight against impunity
- “Women won’t stay silent in the face of violence”
- Evictions in the Verapaces
- Environmental management: inefficiency and lack of institutional foresight lead to catastrophes
- Persecution of justice operators continues unabated
- Ex-militaries attack the closing of the lll Abya Yala Indigenous Women’s Summit
- A worrying migratory situation in Guatemala
- Lack of land-use planning, climate change and corruption aggravate the rainy season crisis
- Criminalised journalist, Carlos Choc, is acquitted
- 2022: more than 10,000 cases of sexual violence against indigenous women and girls reported
- A definitive NO in the consultation on mining in Asunción Mita
- Alarming increase in attacks against human rights defenders
- Persecution and criminalisation of elPeriódico continues
- International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: persistent exclusion, inequality, racism and discrimination
- Grave concern over legislation that could limit democratic freedoms
- Serious risk to press freedom in Guatemala
- Huge doubts over the election of the new Human Rights Ombudsman
- Indignation continues over the appointment of Walter Mazariegos, new rector of USAC
- New bill seeks amnesty for military involved in crimes against humanity
- Persecution and criminalization of human rights defenders continues
- Persecution against female justice operators intensifies
- IACHR Annual Report: deep concern over serious human rights situation in Guatemala
- Failure of the ruling party to remove Jordan Rodas does not dissolve concern for the future of the PDH
- Threats against Miguel Ángel Gálvez, judge of the Diario Militar Case, intensify
- Violence against women and children in Guatemala
- Re-election of Consuelo Porras and USAC elections spark outrage
- OHCHR Report 2021 points out strong deterioration of human rights in Guatemala
- European Parliament Resolution: concern over the deterioration of the rule of law and condemnation of the criminalization and harassment of human rights defenders and journalists.
- Intermediate stage ends and oral and public trial begins in the Diario Militar case
- Dos Erres Case: another kaibil indicted
- IDB withdraws financing from two hydroelectric projects in northern Huehuetenango
- Report on the torture of indigenous peoples in Latin America
- CODECA calls for a Plurinational Strike
- Release of the criminalized and unjustly imprisoned human rights defender Bernado Caal Xol
- Increase in attacks against journalists who expose corruption and human rights violations: special concern in El Estor
- Judge Aifán forced into exile to protect her life and Judge Xitumul suspended from the High Risk Court C
- OHCHR presents its 2021 report on the situation of Human Rights in Guatemala
- Plurinational Summit for Water Freedom
- Tactic Case: 45 years in prison for former military commissioner for the forced disappearance of three community leaders
- Persecution and imprisonment of justice operators seriously threatens the Rule of Law
- On the National Day for the Dignity of the CAI Victims, they take a position on the election of the Prosecutor General
- Another assassination of a CODECA leader marking 23 murders
- Sentence for Crimes Against Humanity in the Achí Women’s Case
- Diario Militar Case include four forced disappearances of minors
- Effectiveness of the Search System for Missing Women questioned.
- Corruption, a major threat to Guatemala
- IARCH condemns Guatemala for the Los Josefinos Massacre
- 112 victims of the Internal Armed Conflict are laid to rest in Sepur Zarco
- “Dictatorship disguised as democracy:” The situation of Guatemala Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala during 2021
- El Estor: Open letter to Swiss company Solway, findings of verification mission and rejection of “illegitimate” consultation
- New tragedy within the context of the ongoing migration crisis
- Guatemala: an extremely dangerous country for women and girls
- 25 year anniversary of the Peace Accords: Achievements and Setbacks
- Tension in El Estor Continues: State of Prevention Declared folllowing State of Siege
- Hearings in Creompaz case suspended, creating further obstacles for access to justice
- Another Suspension in the Dos Erres Case
- The Community Evicted from Laguna Larga Remains Living in Inhuman Conditions
- Defamations and Criminalization of ACOGUATE
- Impuntity in the Hogar “Seguro” Case Continues
- Repudiation of the dismantling of the Human Rights Prosecutor’s Office
- Petition for Precautionary Measures from the IACHR for Q’eqchi’ Communities in El Estor
- Nothing to Celebrate: Indigenous Peoples Reject bicentennial celebration
- Charges against human rights defenders Anastasia Mejía and Petrona Siy dropped
- Former police officers to face trial for abuse of authority against journalist Norma Sancir
- Another member of CODECA murdered
- Criminal complaint by indigenous peoples against President Alejandro Giammattei
- Terrible government response to the increase in child malnutrition cases
- Hearing in Alaska Massacre Case Suspended
- IACHR calls on Guatemalan State to cease threats to judicial independence and prioritize the fight against corruption
- Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict Denounce Guatemala at the UN
- Indigenous organizations demand resignation of President and Attorney General
- Closed schools, malnutrition and child labor: the pandemic’s devastating effects on children
- Community leader and member of CCDA murdered in San Juan Los Tres Ríos
- Organizations denounce the State of Prevention in Guatemala as an attempt to silence social demands.
- Organizations express their support to Juan Francisco Sandoval after his dismissal from FECI
- Constitutional Court decision restricts elements of the NGO Law relating to the cancelation of organizations
- Mourning over recent murders during LGBTIQ+ Pride Month
- Diario Militar Case: demands for truth and justice heard in court
- Strong rejection from victims of the IAC to the proposed amnesty law
- Food insecurity continues to increase in Alta Verapaz
- Anastasia Mejía, a criminalised journalist, recieves Internation Press Committee Prize
- The criminalization of human rights defenders is a pattern throughout the region
- Violence against women in Guatemala and its perfect ally: Impunity
- Former member of Civil Defense Patrols remanded in custody for sexual violence against Achí women
- Arrests in Diario Militar Case
- The Molina Theissen family continues to demand compliance from the State three years following the ruling
- Way cleared for NGO law
- More than 800 people demand freedom for the SAT’s ex-director and ex-CICIG analyst
- PDH is in danger for failure to transfer vital funds
- Food insecurity and hunger provoke migration
- Civil Society Organisations Meet with the Vice President
- US Vice President meets with Guatemalan Organizations
- “Decades may pass but there are horrors which won’t be forgotten”
- Human Rights Defender Emilio Aguilar Jiménez is Murdered
- Raid on offices of the Indigenous Peoples’ Law Firm
- March 8: ‘We want us alive’
- Guatemala 2020: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)
- ‘Water is life’: World Water Day
- “I want to be able to play freely, without fearing anyone or anything”
- Day of remembrance and dignity for the victims of the Internal Armed Conflict
- Questions persist regarding the substitution of Peace institutions by COPADEH
- Alarming increase in poverty, extreme poverty and acute malnourishment
- Violence against women and the inauguration of new Holistic Care Model
- Repression against Honduran migrant caravan
- Guatemalan migrants victims of a massacre in Tamaulipas, Mexico
- Guatemala, one of the most corrupt countries in the world according to the Corruption Perception Index
- Desolation and humanitarian crisis three months after the Eta and Iota storms
- Peace Accords are commemorated even as the insittutions they established are dismantled
- 2020: The worst year for human rights defenders
- Violence against women and girls
- Storms Eta and Iota cause havoc
- Another Ex-kaibil sent to trial for the Dos Erres Case
- November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- The IACHR codemns the excessive use of force and calls for an investigation into the violence which occurred during the protests
- Protests against Giammatei extend througout multiple departments in Guatemala
- Guatemala celebrates 76th anniversary of the October Revolution
- Journalist Anastasia Mejía is indicted
- The Director for the Presidential Commission on Peace and Human Rights ( COPADEH) has been selected
- The IACHR grants precautionary measures to families from the Washington and Dos Fuentes communities
- Attack against journalist and social communicators worsen
- Four policemen are indicted for the illegal detention of social communicator Norma Sut Sancir
- IACHR presents two cases on Guatemala at the Inter-American Court and condemns attacks and murders of human rights defenders
- Other News of Interest
- Attacks against human rights defenders continue to increase
- Human rights organizations continue to demand a Public Policy for the protection of human rights defenders
- Guatemala, one of the countries with the greatest impunity in the world
- Protest at the Plaza de la Constitución (Constitutional Square)
- Gender-based violence continues to increase
- The State of Exception is expanded across several municipalities of Alta Verapaz and Izabal
- Guatemala: the sixth most dangerous country in the world to defend the land and the environment
- Evictions and threats of evictions of peasant and indigenous communities continue
- Three municipalities of Izabal and two of Alta Verapaz under the State of Prevention
- Executive dissolves the institutions of the Peace Accords
- Ixil and Ch’orti’ communities receive recognition over ancestral lands
- Congress wants to dismiss the Human Rights Ombudsman
- Dos Erres massacre, ex-kaibil linked to process
- Brutal murder of Domingo Choc Che, spiritual guide (Ajq’ij) and Mayan medicine specialist (Aj ilonel)
- Murder of Alberto Cucul, park ranger at Laguna Lachúa
- Murder of Fidel López, member of CODECA in Izabal
- Extension of the State of Siege in Sololá and arrest of Francisco Chox
- Closure of SEPREM
- The CC orders suspension of the Fenix mine in El Estor
- Given the imminent threat of famine, Guatemala triples its figures in chronic child malnutrition
- “COVID-19 is devastating the world’s indigenous communities”
- Situation of Human Rights Defenders
- How State powers are confronting the COVID crisis
- The Interamerican Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) presents its 2019 annual report
- Evictions of campesino and indigenous communities continue
- Serious attacks against human rights defenders within the context of the pandemic
- The Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa confronts harassment from mining company
- Situation in Guatemala regarding COVID-19
- Situation of human rights defenders in the context of the pandemic
- Concern about the situation of journalists
- Reactivation of the Genocide Case and update of the Dos Erres case
- Reforms to the NGO Law: Deep concerns over its approval and subsequent suspension by the CC
- Giammattei declares a State of Exception four times during his first month as President
- The Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources suspends the license to the Rocjá Pontilá hydroelectric project
- Tension over imminent evictions in Baja and Alta Verapaz
- Judges acquit defenders of the territory and signal the criminalization of opponents to the TRECSA project by an official from the public prosecutor’s office
- Attempted raid on the house of Esteban Celada, lawyer for the “Safe Home” and Molina Theissen cases
- The PDH requests an injunction from the Supreme Court of Justice to protect the Historical Archive of the National Police
- Harassment of Guatemalan women journalists
- Six students arrested in peaceful protest against Jimmy Morales
- Alejandro Giammattei’s new government takes power
- Outgoing minister gives the go-ahead for the hydroelectric at Rocjá Pontilá despite an existing suspension from the Constitutional Court
- Visit of the new government to Huehuetenango causes controversy
- Julio Gómez, water and territorial defender is arrested and charged
- Arrest and subsequent release of the human rights defender Francisco Lucas Pedro
- Cooperation Agreements about Asylum
- The Law of Public Office could create further impunity
- Defendents in Genocide Case Sent to Trial
- Regress in the State’s response to structural violence against women
- State of Emergency Comes to an End
- The State of Emergency is Extended
- Criminalisation of the victims and Survivors of the Virgin of the Assumption Safe Home
- Congress Attempts to have Human Rights Ombudsman, Jordán Rodas, removed
- The third case relating to the Ixil Genocide has begun
- Murders of Human Rights Defenders Continue
- State of Emergency and Human Rights
- Government Removes Monument to the 41 Girls who Died in the “Safe Home” Tragedy
- Guatemala State is Absent for IACHR hearing
- Gender violence plagues Guatemala
- Seminar “The fight against corruption and impunity in Guatemala: we did it together!”
- Repression in La Trementina
- Questions on the election of magistrates for the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ)
- CC dictates provisional injunction to prevent the Amnesty Law from Passing
- Operations at Fénix Mine suspended
- Global Witness publica informe sobre criminalización
- Assasinations of members of CODECA
- General Elections
- Retired general accused of genocide and crimes against humanity is arrested
- Lack of access to justice for Mayan Achí Women
- Court of Conscience “Sexual violence in the past and the present is a crime”
- Organizations Express Concern over the Historical Archive of the National Police
- Continues emergency situation in Laguna Larga
- Electoral violence continues
- Abelino Chub Caal is found innocent after long criminalization process
- Drought puts food security at risk
- Hate crimes continue to occur
- Electoral Violence
- Increasing fears over the rule of law and the human rights situation in Guatemala
- Guatemala ranks second from the bottom in the region in the Human Development Index
- Criminalization continues against human rights defenders
- Offices of the Women’s Sector Political Alliance are raided at dawn on March 8
- Hate crime in Huehuetenengo
- Concern for possible reforms to National Reconciliation Law continues
- National Day of Dignity for Victims of the Armed Conflict
- Concern continues over the unilateral cancellation of CICIG ́s mandate
- Institutional Crisis in Guatemala Worsens
- Concern for possible reform of National Reconciliation Law
- CC verdict: construction of Trecsa ́s electric network is no longer a matter of national emergency
- Visas revoked for 11 CICIG foreign national investigators
- The United Nations expresses concern for the incarceration of human rights defender Bernardo Caal Xol
- Two members of the Peaceful Resistance of Ixquisis were murdered
- Possible reform to the Public Order Law and other regressive initiatives for human rights
- Initiative to eliminate Constitutional Court does not prosper
- Conviction in Dos Erres Case
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- Violent events in the Yich K’isis micro region, San Mateo Ixtatán, Huehuetenango
- Migrant caravan towards United States
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- Genocide was committed, but the only person accused was acquitted
- The surge in violence against human rights defenders continues
- Jimmy Morales impedes Commissioner Iván Velásquez to enter Guatemala
- CC orders consultation on San Rafael Mine
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- Jimmy Morales announces he will not renew the CICIG ́s term
- Surge in attacks against human rights defenders continues
- Risk of militarization in the PNC
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- Attacks against human rights defenders in Guatemala continue
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- Dire situation for children in Guatemala
- Murders of human rights defenders continue in Guatemala: 4 murders in June
- Fuego volcano eruption and political instability
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- Visit of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Three human rights defenders killed
- New Attorney General
- Controversy in foreign policy
- Historical verdict in the Molina Theissen case
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- Illegal campaign financing of official party FCN-Nation
- Efraín Ríos Montt and Alvaro Arzú Irigoyen die
- 20 years after Monsignor Gerardi’s assassination a Memory Center is inaugurated in his honor
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- International Women’s Day in Guatemala
- Guatemala before the United Nations (UN)
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- Strong support for fight against corruption and impunity in Guatemala
- Attorney General appointment process continues
- Disturbing statistics on sexual violence and pregnancy in underage girls
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- Concern for the situation of human rights defenders
- Political Situation: Guatemalan Congressional Board of Directors was elected and injunktion put
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- UNICEF questions authorities’ response to Safe Home fire
- PDH: Malnutrition continues to be one of the major obstacles for child development
- MEM ‘completes’ community consultation process for Oxec I and Oxec II projects
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- Violence against women is the most common criminal activity
- High Commissioner for Human Rights visits Guatemala
- Attacks at the San Carlos University of Guatemala (USAC)
- Journalist Jerson Xitumul Morales incarcerated
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MIP Nr. 167 August 2017
Our Monthly Information Package for August details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 167 August 2017 (pdf 537 KB)
MIP Nr. 166 July 2017
Our Monthly Information Package for June details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 166 July 2017 (pdf 565 KB)
MIP Nr. 165 June 2017
Our Monthly Information Package for June details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 165 June 2017 (pdf 575 KB)
MIP Nr. 164 May 2017
Our Monthly Information Package for May details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 164 May 2017 (pdf 720 KB)
MIP Nr. 163 April 2017
Our Monthly Information Package for April details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 163 April 2017 (pdf 656 KB)
MIP Nr. 162 March 2017
Our Monthly Information Package for March details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 162 March 2017 (pdf 510 KB)
MIP Nr. 161 February 2017
Our Monthly Information Package for February details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 161 February 2017 (pdf 237 KB)
MIP Nr. 160 January 2017
Our Monthly Information Package for January details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 160 January 2017 (pdf 349 KB)
MIP Nr. 159 December 2016
Our Monthly Information Package for December details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 159 December 2016 (pdf 269 KB)
MIP Nr. 158 November 2016
Our Monthly Information Package for November details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 158 November 2016 (pdf 430 KB)
MIP Nr. 157 October 2016
Our Monthly Information Package for October details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 157 October 2016 (pdf 389 KB)
MIP Nr. 156 September 2016
Our Monthly Information Package for September details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 156 September 2016 (pdf 302 KB)
MIP Nr. 155 August 2016
Our Monthly Information Package for August, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 155 August 2016 (pdf 213 KB)
MIP Nr. 154 July 2016
Our Monthly Information Package for July, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 154 July 2016 (pdf 452 KB)
MIP Nr. 153 June 2016
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MIP Nr. 153 June 2016 (pdf 337 KB)
MIP Nr. 152 May 2016
Our Monthly Information Package for May, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 152 May 2016 (pdf 748 KB)
MIP Nr. 151 April 2016
Our Monthly Information Package for April, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 151 April 2016 (pdf 695 KB)
MIP Nr. 150 March 2016
Our Monthly Information Package for March, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 150 March 2016 (pdf 494 KB)
MIP Nr. 149 February 2016
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MIP Nr. 149 February 2016 (pdf 394 KB)
MIP Nr. 148 January 2016
Our Monthly Information Package for January, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP Nr. 148 January 2016 (pdf 538 KB)
MIP No. 147 December 2015
Our Monthly Information Package for December, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 147 December 2015 (pdf 593 KB)
MIP No. 146 November 2015
Our Monthly Information Package for November, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 146 November 2015 (pdf 459 KB)
MIP No. 145 October 2015
Our Monthly Information Package for October, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 145 October 2015 (pdf 535 KB)
MIP No. 143 August 2015
Our Monthly Information Package for August, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 143 August 2015 (pdf 625 KB)
MIP No. 144 September 2015
Our Monthly Information Package for September, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 144 September 2015 (pdf 416 KB)
MIP No. 142 July 2015
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MIP No. 142 July 2015 (pdf 673 KB)
MIP no. 141 June 2015
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MIP no. 141 June 2015 (pdf 1.0 MB)
MIP No. 140 May 2015
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MIP No. 140 May 2015 (pdf 666 KB)
MIP No. 139 April 2015
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MIP No. 139 April 2015 (pdf 284 KB)
MIP No. 138 March 2015
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MIP No. 138 March 2015 (pdf 214 KB)
MIP No. 137 February 2015
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MIP No. 137 February 2015 (pdf 224 KB)
MIP No. 136 January 2015
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MIP No. 136 January 2015 (pdf 258 KB)
MIP No. 135 December 2014
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MIP No. 135 December 2014 (pdf 269 KB)
MIP No. 133 October 2014
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MIP No. 133 October 2014 (pdf 481 KB)
MIP No. 134 November 2014
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MIP No. 134 November 2014 (pdf 1.1 MB)
MIP No. 132 September
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MIP No. 132 September (pdf 433 KB)
MIP No. 131 August 2014
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MIP No. 131 August 2014 (pdf 218 KB)
MIP No. 129 June 2014
Our Monthly Information Package for June details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 129 June 2014 (pdf 158 KB)
MIP No. 130 July 2014
Our Monthly Information Package for July, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 130 July 2014 (pdf 0.9 MB)
MIP No. 128 May 2014
Our Monthly Information Package for may, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 128 May 2014 (pdf 655 KB)
MIP No. 127 April 2014
Our Monthly Information Package for april, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 127 April 2014 (pdf 241 KB)
MIP No. 126 March 2014
Our Monthly Information Package for March, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 126 March 2014 (pdf 294 KB)
MIP No. 125 February 2014
Our Monthly Information Package for February, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 125 February 2014 (pdf 1.7 MB)
MIP No. 124 January 2014
Our Monthly Information Package for January, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 124 January 2014 (pdf 478 KB)
MIP No. 123 December 2013
Our Monthly Information Package for December, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 123 December 2013 (pdf 461 KB)
MIP No. 122 November 2013
Our Monthly Information Package for November, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 122 November 2013 (pdf 252 KB)
MIP No. 121 October 2013
Our Monthly Information Package for October, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 121 October 2013 (pdf 1.2 MB)
MIP No. 120 September 2013
Our Monthly Information Package for September, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 120 September 2013 (pdf 303 KB)
MIP No. 119 August 2013
Our Monthly Information Package for August, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 119 August 2013 (pdf 281 KB)
MIP No. 118 July 2013
Our Monthly Information Package for July, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 118 July 2013 (pdf 225 KB)
MIP No. 117 June 2013
Our Monthly Information Package for June, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 117 June 2013 (pdf 412 KB)
MIP No. 116 May 2013
Our Monthly Information Package for May, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 116 May 2013 (pdf 1.1 MB)
MIP No. 115 April 2013
Our Monthly Information Package for April, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 115 April 2013 (pdf 185 KB)
MIP No. 114 March 2013
Our Monthly Information Package for March, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 114 March 2013 (pdf 321 KB)
MIP No. 113 February 2013
Our Monthly Information Package for February, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 113 February 2013 (pdf 158 KB)
MIP No. 112 January 2013
Our Monthly Information Package for January, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 112 January 2013 (pdf 119 KB)
MIP No. 110 November 2012
Our Monthly Information Package for November, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 110 November 2012 (pdf 364 KB)
MIP No. 111 December
Our Monthly Information Package for December, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 111 December (pdf 427 KB)
MIP No. 109 October 2012
Our Monthly Information Package for October, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 109 October 2012 (pdf 1.6 MB)
MIP No. 108 September 2012
Our Monthly Information Package for September, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 108 September 2012 (pdf 1.7 MB)
MIP No. 106 July 2012
Our Monthly Information Package for July, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 106 July 2012 (pdf 457 KB)
MIP No. 107 August 2012
Our Monthly Information Package for August, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 107 August 2012 (pdf 297 KB)
MIP No. 104 May 2012
Our Monthly Information Package for May, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 104 May 2012 (pdf 324 KB)
MIP No. 105 June 2012
Our Monthly Information Package for June, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP No. 105 June 2012 (pdf 379 KB)
MIP No. 103 April 2012
MIP No. 103 April 2012 (pdf 1.3 MB)
MIP 101 February 2012
Our Monthly Information Package for February, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP 101 February 2012 (pdf 293 KB)
MIP No. 102
MIP 99 December 2011
Our Monthly Information Package for December, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP 99 December 2011 (pdf 266 KB)
MIP 100 January 2012
Our Monthly Information Package for January, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP 100 January 2012 (pdf 241 KB)
MIP 98 November 2011
Our Monthly Information Package for November, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - The Convergence for Human Rights condemns an attempt to give immunity to military personnel accused of genocide - Otto Perez Molina President agrees not to influence the judicial proceedings brought against military - LAND - Amnesty International demands immediate humanitarian assistance for displaced rural population in Peten - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - The National Partnership for the Development of Economic Infrastructure (CONADIE) is sworn in - OTROS - Social mobilization against impunity in cases of femicide and male violence.
MIP 98 November 2011 (pdf 346 KB)
MIP 97 October 2011
Our Monthly Information Package for October, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP 97 October 2011 (pdf 337 KB)
MIP 96 September 2011
Our Monthly Information Package for September, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
MIP 96 September 2011 (pdf 448 KB)
MIP 95 August 2011
Our Monthly Information Package for June, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - Death threats to members of the Guatemalan Foundation of Forensic Anthropology - Fifth arrest connected to the massacre in the village Plan de Sanchez, Rabinal (Baja Verapaz) - Historical archives of the National Police found in El Quiche - LAND - The National Maya Convergence Waqib’Kej denounces attack on campesinos in the estate Paraná (Alta Verapaz) - 300 campesinos forcibly displaced from the community Nueva Esperanza in the Sierra del Lacandón (Petén) - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Amnesty International issues alert regarding death threats against members of the environmental organisation CALAS.
MIP 95 August 2011 (pdf 462 KB)
MIP 94 July 2011
Our Monthly Information Package for June, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - Sentencing of former soldiers involved in Dos Erres Massacre - LAND - Extension of state of siege - Violent eviction in Retalhuleau leaves one dead and three injured - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION - Nueva Santa Rosa holds a community consultation - OTHERS - Spanish Judge Santiago Pedraz will investigate gender-based crimes - Guatemala loses one of its favourite sons, Alfonso Bauer Paiz.
MIP 93 June 2011
Our Monthly Information Package for June, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - The former director of the National Police is detained for the forced disappearance of Fernando García in 1984 - Retired soldier Héctor Mario López Fuentes in arrested within the framework of the genocide trial - The Mayor of San Juan Cotzal is tried for extrajudicial execution - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION - The Secretariat for the Free Trade Agreement will investigate the infringement of environmental laws in the petrol contract given to the Perenco company in Laguna del Tigre - Ministry of Energy and Mining does not suspend the operations of Marlin mine - OTHERS - Justice for women.
MIP 92 May 2011
Our Monthly Information Package for May, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - 40-year prison sentence confirmed for the ex-policemen who took part in forced disappearance of Fernando Garcia - Another kaibil linked to the trial for the massacre at Los Dos Erres - LAND - OHCHR regrets the lack of action to prevent violence in Polochic Valley and demands an enquiry by the public prosecutor - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Indigenous communities of Sacapulas reject mining and hydroelectric projects in community consultation - OTHER - State of Siege declared in Petén for 30 days.
MIP 90 March 2011
Our Monthly Information Package for March, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY The State of Guatemala sends a report about the Bamaca Case to the Interamerican Court of Human Rights (CoIDH) - In meetings with Ban Ki-moon, civil society reaffirms its support of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala - LAND - Two farms evicted in Panzos, Alta Verapaz - Campesino organizations invite the Government to a new National Agrarian Dialogue - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Secretary of CAFTA-DR recommends opening an international investigation into the extension of the oil contract in Laguna del Tigre
MIP 90 March 2011 (pdf 344 KB)
MIP 91 April 2011
Our Monthly Information Package for April, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - Another former police agent arrested for alleged participation in the forced disappearance of Fernando García in 1984 - LAND - Civic and international organisations request a Congress commission to investigate Alta Verapaz evictions - Roadblocks and protests in several departments to demand passing of rural development law - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - United States politicians ask Colom to suspend Marlin Mine - Ministry of Energy and Mines authorises El Orégano hydroelectric project in Chiquimula
MIP 91 April 2011 (pdf 375 KB)
MIP 89 February 2011
Our Monthly Information Package for February, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - State obligations to comply with the resolutions of the Interamerican Court of Human Rights - Once again the Constitutional Court suspends the reopening of the Bámaca case - LAND - Agrarian Conflict in the Polochic Valey, Alta Verapaz - Social sectors condemn the killings of leaders from the Quebrada Seca community, Livingston (Izbal) - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Huehuetenango: social actors and government authorities in dialogue over the importation of maize - MP Investigation on sabotage of the towers at the Xacbal hydroelectric plant (El Quiché) points to a former employee - OTHER - Governor of Petén asked the Executive to impose a state of exception.
MIP 89 February 2011 (pdf 341 KB)
MIP 88 January 2011
Our Monthly Information Package for January, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - Supreme Court reopens investigation of Efraín Bámaca’s disappearance - Obstacles to justice in the case of the Dos Erres massacre (Petén) - LAND - CNOC expresses concern for food security in 2011 - Social organisations call attention to possible loss of employment due to rise in minimum wage - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Associations denounce metal exploration and extraction on the South Coast - OTHER - Government extends State of Emergency in Alta Verapaz for 30 more days - Q’eqchi communities in Alta Verapaz denounce abuses by public security forces.
MIP 88 January 2011 (pdf 332 KB)
MIP 87 December 2010
Our Monthly Information Package for December, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - United Nations supports extension of the CICIG - Spanish National Court raises two cases against former Guatemalan Minister Carlos Vielmann - Human Rights Court orders a new investigation of the forced disappearance of Bámaca - LAND - Peasant organisations criticise the neglect of agrarian and rural development in 2010 - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - The CIDH announces legal action over the refusal to suspend the Marlin mining operation - OTHER - Claudia Paz y Paz takes over leadership of the Public Prosecution and promises to fight against impunity - Government declares a state of siege in Alta Verapaz.
MIP 87 December 2010 (pdf 308 KB)
MIP 86 November 2010
Our Monthly Information Package for November, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - CERIGUA Agency and UDEFEGUA warn of return of detentions with characteristics of the internal armed conflict - UNDP highlights principal causes of backlog in the administration of justice - LAND - Campesino population asks for support after violent eviction in Purulhá (Baja Verapaz) - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - New study into the conflict generated by mining and hydroelectric projects - OTHER - President Colom vetoes decree reinstating the death penalty - UNDP report highlights Guatemalan retrogression in human development.
MIP 86 November 2010 (pdf 128 KB)
MIP 85 October 2010
Our Monthly Information Package for October, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - The state of Guatemala exhumes conflict victims for the first time - Human rights organisations reject congressional move to grant the president the power of reprieve - Guatemalan women highlight lack of state support for victims of sexual abuse during the conflict - Dall’Anese: powerful groups seek to shut down CICIG - LAND - Guatemalan Settlers Movement demands housing promised by the president - Campesino organisations demand the approval of Rural Development Law - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - CONAP files a law suit against expansion of oil extraction contract in Laguna del Tigre National Park - Communities in Uspantán carry out a popular consultation on large resource extraction projects.
MIP 85 October 2010 (pdf 229 KB)
MIP 84 September 2010
Our Monthly Information Package for September, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - GAM demands that the military leadership take responsibility for the El Jute massacre in 1981 -The Guatemalan state apologises to victims’ families for pain caused during the war - CICIG presents report of its third year - Twenty years on Myrna Mack Chang’s murder is commemorated - LAND - Government announces a new battalion for Laguna del Tigre National Park - Los Amates communities of Izabal search for legal certainty of their land - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Forum: “A new mining law is necessary in Guatemala” held in Guatemala City - Villagers from Alta Verapaz block roads in rejection of mining and hydroelectric projects - Communities from Uspantán, El Quiché, organise popular consultation on hydroelectric projects - Government to put six oil reserves up for tender in 2011
MIP 84 September 2010 (pdf 852 KB)
MIP 83 August 2010
Our Monthly Information Package for August, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
Supreme Court of Justice asks Erick Álvarez to step down as president of Attorney General’s Nominating Commission - Colom to ask the UN to extend CICIG’s mandate - Arrest warrants issued for extrajudicial execution and illicit association with the accused in the Pavón case - LAND - Rural smallholder and farm worker (campesino) sector withdraws from talks about Rural Development Law - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - President announces deployment of the army to Laguna del Tigre, Petén - Oil extraction in Laguna del Tigre, the decision of the Constitutional Court.
MIP 83 August 2010 (pdf 682 KB)
MIP 82 July 2010
Our Monthly Information Package for July, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - United Nations name Dall’Anesse as new head of CICIG - Former kaibil soldier Gilberto Jordán admits part in the massacre of Las Dos Erres - 30 times more ‘femicides’ registered in Guatemala in 2009 than in 2008 - LAND - San Marcos residents sue president of Supreme Court of Justice for ideological forgery - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Writer calls for common sense in the Perenco case
MIP 81 June 2010
Our Monthly Information Package for June, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - Castresana resigns as Commissioner of CICIG and calls for dismissal of the Attorney General of Guatemala - Constitutional Court annuls election of the Attorney General - LAND - UN Special Rapporteur hears complaints of abuse of indigenous peoples’ collective rights - World Food Programme warns of famine in Guatemala following tropical storm Agatha - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Guatemalan government announces suspension of mining activities in San Marcos - OTHERS - In numbers: damage caused by Agatha - Congress ratifies state of calamity, World Bank loan redirected to attend to Agatha victims - Four decapitated bodies found - State institutional vulnerability continues.
MIP 80 May 2010
Our Monthly Information Package for May, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - Press freedom under threat in Guatemala, warns UNHCHR - LAND - Quiché communities reject mining - EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Ramsar Convention verification confirms negative impact of oil extraction in Laguna del Tigre - Inter-American Commission orders suspension of Marlin Mine activities.
MIP 79 April 2010
Our Monthly Information Package for April details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - Civil society expresses concerns about suitability of Attorney General candidates - Violence and aggression against trade union members - LAND - A development model for natural resources - Legalisation of the expropriation of lands for Economic Infrastructure Development - EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Organisations seek an end to mining activity in San Juan Sacatepéquez - Distribution of electrical energy in San Marcos: continuing tension in the communities and impunity for the murder of social leaders - OTHERS: WOMEN’S RIGHTS - Workers’ health right violated in fabrics and agriculture industries.
MIP 79 April 2010 (pdf 364 KB)
MIP 78 March 2010
Our Monthly Information Package fo March details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - FAMDEGUA denounces release of soldier involved in massacre - Judge opens case against former heads of National Police - LAND - Campesino population demands approval of the Rural Development Law - Mayors seek logging ban - EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - FNL demands Union FENOSA’s expulsion from the country
MIP 78 March 2010 (pdf 184 KB)
MIP 77 February 2010
IMPUNITY - MSICG report reveals murders of 42 journalists in the past two years - Former kaibiles instructor linked to Las Dos Erres massacre case - Commemoration of the Day of Dignity for Victims of the Armed Conflict - LAND - Campesino organisations demand speeding up of approval of Rural Development Law - Alta Vera Paz government mediating agent in agrarian tension - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Population of San Juan Sacatepéquez demands that popular consultations be binding - Vice-minister reports that popular consultation will be included in the new mining law.
MIP 77 February 2010 (pdf 231 KB)
MIP 76 January 2010
Our Monthly Information Package for December details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - 40 thousand outstanding arrest warrants accumulated over 40 years - Presiding judge named for Carpio Nicolle case - LAND - FAO: Estate owners not paying minimum wage to farm workers - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Maya Biosphere Reserve: 45% of forest lost in two years - New attacks against human rights defenders in San Marcos - San Marcos under state of prevention protests against abuses by Unión FENOSA - Huehuetenango councillors protest mining - Canada Supreme Court requires Canadian mining companies to present comprehensive environmental impact evaluations
MIP 76 January 2010 (pdf 130 KB)
MIP 75 December 2009
Our Monthly Information Package for December details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - Colonel sentenced to 53 years in prison for disappearances in El Jute - PNR lodges complaints for human rights violations during the armed conflict - AJR submits copy of Plan Sofía 82 to Attorney General - Inter American Court of Human Rights condemns Guatemala for massacre in Dos Erres - LAND - Vía Campesina: twelve campesino leaders murdered in 2009 - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Activists travel to Canada to denounce the Marlin Mine - The Constitutional Court allows communities to carry out community consultation - OTHER - Thirteenth anniversary of the Peace Accords commemorated.
MIP 75 December 2009 (pdf 264 KB)
MIP 74 November 2009
Our Monthly Information Package for November, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - San Juan Cotzal: The army closes San Juan Cotzal detachment in order to protect the personal safety of its soldiers - CICIG: Insufficient response from the State on violence against women - US Ambassador seeks justice in the case of El Jute - LAND - LIDER blocks approval of Development Alliance Law - FONTIERRAS to allocate small loans to campesinos - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Representatives from 27 villages in Huehuetenango object to changes in mining law - INDE to restart the Xalalá project
MIP 74 November 2009 (pdf 162 KB)
MIP 73 October 2009
Our Monthly Information Package for October, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - Election of new members of the Supreme Court of Justice - Murder of Fausto Otzin, leading indigenous rights defender - Campesinos call on the Interior Ministry and Prosecutor’s Office to investigate the persecution of social leaders - LAND - Organic agriculture as an alternative for prevention and reparation of the land - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Inhabitants of El Estor, Izabal, denounce threats by the Guatemalan Nickel Company - Congress Commission asks CICIG to investigate conflicts in mining zones - Community Consultation in the municipality of Cunen, El Quiche: 72 communities express an absolute rejection of mining.
MIP 73 October 2009 (pdf 126 KB)
MIP 72 September 2009
Our Monthly Information Package for September, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - Spanish Judge Santiago Pedraz insists on obtaining copies of key military archives for the Guatemalan genocide case being brought before the Spanish National Court - Large part of adoptions during the civil conflict were illegal, estimates SIPAZ - Congress approves the integration of six lawyers vetoed by civil society into the Supreme Court of Justice - LAND -Social organisations denounce increase in killings of leaders of campesino and indigenous communities - Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur, recommends combating structural problems to end famine - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION Communities of Alta Verapaz reject construction of a hydroelectric plant in Lanquín municipality - Congressional Committee holds public hearings about problem of San Juan Sacatepéquez cement plant.
MIP 72 September 2009 (pdf 184 KB)
MIP 71 August 2009
Our Monthly Information Package for August, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - Historic conviction of ex military commissioner for the forced disappearance of six indigenous people - The Spanish High Court requests copies of military plans from the 80s - Ex director of the National Civil Police detained and remanded in custody - LAND - Violent evictions in indigenous and campesino communities continue in Alta Verapaz - Demands for integrated attention to the food crisis - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Colom commits to reparation for victims of the construction of Chixoy hydroelectric plant - New hydroelectric plans from the company Generación Limpia de Guatemala, S.A. - Mayors demand information about the Northern Transversal Strip.
MIP 71 August 2009 (pdf 151 KB)
MIP 70 July 2009
Our Monthly Information Package for July, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - International community continue financial support of National Police Historic Archive - Director of Survivors Foundation, Norma Cruz, ends 10-day hunger strike following advances in two cases of irregular adoption - LAND - Intervention of CICIG requested in the judicial process of campesino leader, Ramiro Choc - Colom presents his rural development project for western Guatemala - Campesino organisations block the country’s highways to demand solutions to rural problems - Agrarian Platform and Government sign letter of commitment - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Oxfam: proof that “Mining does not imply development” - 50% of electorate would reject mining - Environment and Natural Resources Ministry (MARN) releases new resolutions in the case of Montana Exploradora.
MIP 69 June 2009
Our Monthly Information Package for June, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp).
Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press:
IMPUNITY - Cardenal Quezada Toruño criticizes changes in direction of the PNC - Gladys Monterroso, victim of illegal detention and aggression, accepts CICIG as plaintiff in her case - PDH accused of censoring work of the Historic Recuperation of the National Police Archive Project - LAND - The IDB approves US$22 million loan to Guatemala to finance land registry programme - Eviction of community in Sierra del Lacandón National Park, El Petén - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION: Mayors of San Marcos opposed to mining, linked to destruction of natural heritage and social irresponsibility - Protests in San Marcos against excessive charges by DEOCSA - OTHER ISSUES - 49% of Guatemalan territory threatened with desertification.
MIP 68 May 2009
Our Monthly Information Package for May, details the activities of PBI during the month (including all meetings with national authorities, civil society organisations and the diplomatic corp). Syndicated news from the Guatemalan press: IMPUNITY - Colonel involved in the assassination of Gerardi is murdered - Threat received by activists from SEDEM and UDEFEGUA - European Union Member States and Canada concerned for the deteriorating situation of violence and impunity - LAND - Agrarian Platform demands attention towards campesino communities to avoid a food crisis - 580 agrarian conflicts in Alta Verapaz - NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION - Drop in taxes collected in Central America - Communities from Huehuetenango monitor the effects of mining activity around the River Cuilco -Strategies of coercion and land usurpation by Montana Exploradora denounced in San Miguel Ixtahuacán