International Legal Assistance Consortium
Rebuilding Justice Systems
On 06 November, ILAC member organisation the Law Society of England and Wales arranged a UK launch for the new ILAC assessment report on the justice system in Guatemala. The public seminar brought together legal practitioners, law students, academics and NGO expertise on Guatemala and Latin America for a well-attended and wide-ranging discussion of the report.
Iván Velásquez, head of UN-backed International Committee against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) and Thelma Aldana, former Guatemalan Attorney General. ©Oficina de Comunicaciones CICIG
Date: Friday, November 23, 2018
Time: 10:30 – 12:00
Location: Sida, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm
In collaboration with Sida and the Right Livelihood Foundation, ILAC will participate on a public discussion on the challenges Guatemala currently faces in its struggle against corruption and impunity. [Read more…]
ILAC Guatemala Assessment Mission experts Luis Maria Palma, Carolina Valenzuela and Rhodri Williams present the report in Washington DC. ⓒ Hope Ann Roberts
Rule of law practitioners, ambassadors and experts on Latin America joined ILAC for the launch of its report on the Guatemalan justice sector in Washington DC last month. The launch was organised by ILAC member the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative and hosted by another member, the International Association of Women Judges.
Read report in English |Lea el informe en español | Watch the launch here
Stockholm, Sweden — The International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) today released a new report that examines the situation of the judiciary and public prosecution in Guatemala. ILAC’s Rule of Law Assessment Report on Guatemala provides a baseline for efforts to analyze the rule of law in Guatemala, including challenges such as the justice for crimes committed during the 1960-1996 internal armed conflict, disputes over land and natural resources, criminalization of protests, discrimination against women and LGBTI persons, and marginalization of indigenous communities. [Read more…]
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