| Description |
1 online resource (iv, 25 pages) : map |
| Series |
Crisis Group Latin America report ; No. 50 |
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ICG Latin America report ; no. 50.
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| Contents |
Executive summary. -- Recommendations. -- Introduction. -- The case aainst Ríos Montt. -- Justice under stress. -- Conclusion. -- Appendices |
| Summary |
Within ten days, Guatemalan courts made and unmade legal history. The trial and conviction of former dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt on 10 May 2013 for genocide and other human rights violations was an extraordinary achievement for a justice system that must grapple simultaneously with the legacy of a vicious internal conflict and the contemporary scourges of gang violence, corruption and illegal drug trafficking. Victims had barely finished celebrating, however, when the Constitutional Court annulled the verdict in a confusing decision that raised questions of outside interference. Widespread impunity for past and present violence continues to have a corrosive effect on the country's democracy. Failure to renew the trial for mass atrocities against Ríos Montt and pursue justice for the victims of violent crime would undermine its halting progress toward rule of law, including a strong independent judiciary |
| Notes |
"23 September 2013." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF cover page (ICG, viewed April 13, 2014) |
| Subject |
Ríos Montt, Efraín -- Trials, litigation, etc
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| SUBJECT |
Ríos Montt, Efraín. fast (OCoLC)fst00126774 |
| Subject |
Trials (Crimes against humanity) -- Guatemala
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Justice, Administration of -- Guatemala
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Rule of law -- Guatemala
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Justice, Administration of.
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Rule of law.
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Trials (Crimes against humanity)
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Guatemala.
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| Genre/Form |
Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group, issuing body.
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