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Title: Assessing International Criminal Justice in Guatemala: Evolutions and Ongoing Challenges
Author: Calvet Martínez, Elisenda
Mejía, G.
De León Agosto, L.
Keywords: Guatemala
Dret penal internacional
Drets humans
Guatemala
International offenses
Human rights
Issue Date: 10-Jul-2024
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Abstract: This article examines the codification of international crimes in domestic law, the prosecution of international crimes committed during Guatemala’s Internal Armed Conflict, and the challenges in implementing the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court (icc). It underscores the essential role of civil society in the fight against impunity through strategic litigation and memory initiatives, thus contributing to advances in justice. It exposes the impact of Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ rulings demanding reparations for victims of international crimes as a catalyst for domestic prosecution efforts. Furthermore, the establishment of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (cicig) with the support of the UN represented a significant advance in justice. However, the abrupt end by the Guatemalan government of the cicig was a significant setback. Ongoing challenges involve maintaining progress within Guatemala’s criminal justice system, as many justice operators who had worked alongside cicig faced criminalization and were forced into exile.
Note: Versió postprint del document publicat a: doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10199
It is part of: International Criminal Law Review, 2024, p. 1-16
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218441
Related resource: https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10199
ISSN: 1567-536X
Appears in Collections:Articles publicats en revistes (Dret Penal i Criminologia, i Dret Internacional Públic i Relacions Internacional)

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