Guatemala Trials May 17, 2018April 27, 2021 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada The Molina Theissen Trial: Prosecutor Seeks 90-Year Sentence for Benedicto Lucas García …enforced disappearance is considered a continuous crime until the body of the victim is located, and is not subject to amnesties or statutes of limitation. He also noted that Inter-American…
Guatemala Trials May 14, 2018December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Molina Theissen Trial Moves into Closing Arguments …day of his arrest on January 6, 2016. The representative of the Prosecutor General Office (PGN) presented the sentence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Molina Theissen…
Guatemala Trials April 24, 2018December 15, 2020 by Eric Witte Nominating Commission Sends Six Finalists for Attorney General to President Morales, as a New Campaign Finance Scandal Engulfs Him …has taken on numerous high-profile drug trafficking and corruption cases. Judge Gámez criticized corruption in the 2014 selection of senior judges then subsequently testified before the Inter-American Commission on Human…
Guatemala Trials April 19, 2018December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Tribunal Hears Testimony from Expert on Enforced Disappearances, Former Political Activist in Molina Theissen Trial …Molina Theissen and Axel Ranferí Mejía Paz before the Inter-American Court for Human Rights. Tuesday, April 11 On April 11, the court called a protected witness proposed by the civil…
Guatemala Trials April 9, 2018December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada “I Choose to Live:” Emma Molina Theissen Testifies in High-Stakes Guatemala Trial …social psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and has served as an expert before the Inter-American Court for Human Rights. His report is based on the Istanbul Protocol…
Guatemala Trials March 28, 2018December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada The Molina Theissen Trial: Witness Illustrates the Impact of Argentine Military Training in Guatemala …of the Guatemalan state, as established in a judgment by the Inter-American Court for Human Rights, and that this obligation remains unfulfilled. The defense attorneys questioned the suitability of the…
Guatemala Trials March 23, 2018December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada The Molina Theissen Trial: Four Protected Witnesses Tell Harrowing Stories of Torture …with World Bank funding, was later built where the victims once lived. In 2008, five soldiers were convicted in the Rio Negro massacre. In 2012, the Inter-American Court of Human…
Guatemala Trials March 9, 2018December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada The Molina Theissen Sisters Testify: “Our Family was Considered Enemies of the State” …Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued a judgement finding Guatemala responsible for the disappearance of Marco Antonio and ordered both symbolic and economic reparations. The IACtHR also ordered the…
Guatemala Trials March 5, 2018December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada The Long Path to Justice: Trial Opens against Senior Military Officials in the Molina Theissen Case …Theissen family before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. (International Justice Monitor is a project of Open Society Justice Initiative, which is a program of the Open Society Foundations.) “We…
Guatemala Trials November 14, 2017December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Legislator Proposes Blanket Amnesty for Grave Human Rights Violations in Guatemala …the American Convention on Human Rights, all of which would be violated should an amnesty be approved for international crimes. Similarly, in several judgments, the Inter-American Court for Human Rights…