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- Title
Frente al genocidio: justicia transicional y movilización en Guatemala.
- Authors
Benítez Jiménez, Maira Ixchel
- Abstract
This paper explores the different dimensions inherent to transitional justice and law enforcement in Guatemala, focusing in a study of the diverse efforts that human rights and victim support organizations had to advocate for a prosecution of genocide to take place, and which reached a historical verdict in a national Guatemalan court on May 2013. The main thesis states that a capacity to coordinate joint multidirectional actions by the opposing parties in regards to the process of socio-legal mobilization (dealing with government institutions, NGOs and concerned national organizations and abroad) led to a capitalization of the necessary resources for the build-up, support and culmination of the historical suit. Consequently, it is possible to conclude that the confluence of collective action as well as the accumulation of experience in the field of legal specialization are all crucial elements in the advancement of transitional justice in Guatemala.
- Subjects
GUATEMALA; TRANSITIONAL justice; GENOCIDE; HUMAN rights; COLLECTIVE action -- Social aspects; WAR victims; GUATEMALAN Civil War, 1960-1996; GUATEMALAN history, 1985-; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
URVIO - Revista Latinoamericana de Seguridad Ciudadana, 2015, Issue 16, p37
- ISSN
1390-3691
- Publication type
Article