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- Title
A Measure of Justice: The Rabinal Human Rights Movement in Post-War Guatemala.
- Authors
Stewart, Julie
- Abstract
This article explores one region’s struggle for human rights and legal justice in post-war Guatemala. Rabinal—a target of state-directed genocide in the 1980s—suffered one of the highest fatality levels of the war. In the post-war era, Rabinal human rights activists have led the struggle to demand exhumations of mass graves, build memorials, and push for criminal investigations and trials. Despite some important local victories, few of those responsible for the violence have received punishment. But that does not mean this movement is a failure. Instead, this article highlights the cultural, expressive and inprocess benefits of mobilization. Rabinal activists have restored their sense of agency and confirmed their collective identity as fighters for legal justice. Meanwhile, this local mobilization has contributed to Guatemala’s uneven process of democratization.
- Subjects
RABINAL (Guatemala); GUATEMALA; SOCIAL action; HUMAN rights; POLITICAL atrocities; CRIMES against humanity
- Publication
Qualitative Sociology, 2008, Vol 31, Issue 3, p231
- ISSN
0162-0436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11133-008-9110-4