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Cultural Protections – 2000

When the Commission for the Follow-up of the Peace Agreements agreed to move the final deadline for compliance from 2000 to 2004, it confirmed that most of the stipulations related to cultural protections for indigenous peoples were still pending. One important concern was the ongoing social marginalization of indigenous communities, which kept them from becoming more involved in the political, justice and education systems.¹

1. “The Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala: Overcoming Discrimination in the Framework of the Peace Agreements, Verification Report,” United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA), September 2001.