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5 April 2023
(published in the News of our work in the Bulletin no. 48)
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30 January 2023
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6 January 2023
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14 October 2022
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29 September 2022
For some years now, walking through the streets of the historic center of Guatemala City, we are astonished by the hundreds of photographs that paper some of its walls. They are the faces of people who disappeared during Guatemala’s Internal Armed Conflict (IAC), lasting over three decades, and ending with the signing of the Peace Accords in December 1996.
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18 February 2022
On May 27, 2021, eleven former military officers were arrested and charged by the Human Rights Prosecutor's Office of the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) with serious human rights violations committed during the Internal Armed Conflict (IAC). These arrests are part of the "Diario Militar" (DM) case, referring to a document also known as the "Death Squad Dossier", which contains detailed information about the capture and disappearance of 183 people between August 1983 and March 1985.
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12 February 2022
June 2021 marked the 10th anniversary of the unanimous endorsement by the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. These Principles represent a step forward in the attempt to transition to a fairer economic growth model by recognizing the shared responsibilities of the State and the private sector in promoting sustainable development and protecting human rights.
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3 February 2022
(published in Bulletin 46, December 2021)The first cases of COVID-19, detected in Wuhan, China, were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on December 31, 2019 and, on March 11, 2020, the WHO declared a pandemic. This situation has posed a great challenge for countries and governments around the world, who have had to react quickly to minimize contagions, avoid the collapse of health systems and cushion the economic crisis which, once again, is being experienced with particular force by por and vulnerable populations.
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22 June 2021
See our 2020 Annual Review for information about last year's activities as we celebrate our 40th anniversary.40 years ago, in 1981, a group of international activists came together to create a movement for peace, solidarity and non-violent action.
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23 December 2020
"The communities in rural areas were caught by the storm while they were sleeping and had to escape then and there, leaving all their belongings, clothes, food and animals. Entire communities were completely flooded, and the waters have still not receded.
