Human Rights – 2004

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Human Rights – 2004

2004

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As MINUGUA phased out operations, it remained very critical of the Guatemalan Government about the poor human rights situation.1

The Constitutional Court dismissed a case against sixteen soldiers accused of perpetrating the massacre in Dos Erres in 1982 because the investigating judge began the proceedings before the Appeals Court had formally declared that the amnesty did not apply in this case.2

The Office of the Human Rights Prosecutor reported a 13% increase in violent crime during the first half of 2004. Leaders from the Office of the Human Rights Prosecutor and over 500 other rights groups organized mass demonstrations in August to pressure the Government to restore law and order. President Berger subsequently announced a plan to boost social development.3

  1. “United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala: Report of the Secretary-General,” United Nations General Assembly (A/59/746), March 18, 2005.
  2. “Guatemala: Annulment of War Crimes Trial,” Keesing’s Record of World Events Volume 51 (February 2005): 46458.
  3. “Guatemala,” Keesing’s Record of World Events Volume 50 (August 2004): 46151.