Advocacy efforts involve engagement of communities, traditional and . (24) On many occasions interviews do not take place until months after the crime when witnesses or family members are no longer willing to talk or cooperate, often because they have been threatened. The National Civilian Police (PNC) is the primary law enforcement agency in Guatemala although the military are also involved in law enforcement tasks. Over the past three years, Guatemala has been pursuing a unique experiment to fight organized crime and government corruptionwith impressive results. Guatemalans gathered in Plaza de la Constitucin in downtown Guatemala City, which has been renamed by feminist collectives as Plaza de las Nias in memory of the 41 girls who died inside a state-ran . There is no single, fail-safe formula for reshaping an institution as complex as the police. Some projects may provide templates for broader institutional change. (see www.congreso.gob.gt/uploadimg/documentos/n1652.pdf); Anlisis del Feminicidio en Guatemala. (11) Establishing a comprehensive overview of the statistics regarding both the numbers of women killed as well as the identity of the perpetrators is still therefore extremely difficult. She knows the police in Guatemala will not protect her. After repeated requests, including by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, in February 2006 one police officer was finally stationed outside her home during the day from Monday to Friday. The following morning their daughter's dead body was found dumped in a nearby river in Amatitln, her head covered with a black bag and her hands tied. María Elena Peralta the sister of Nancy Peralta has also experienced harassment as a result of her actions to draw attention not only to the case of her sister but also to the plight of other murdered women in Guatemala. Due to the COVID emergency, Guatemala closed its borders, but continued to allow entry of Guatemalan nationals adults and children, accompanied or unaccompanied who are deported from the U.S. or from Mexico. Her case was set for an individual calendar hearing on August 24, 2016, at 9:00 am. (5) The women's organization Sobrevivientes (Survivors) puts the figure at 243 based on press reports and visits to the city's central morgue. Crímenes contra la Humanidad, November 2005, p97. (27) In one of the initial police reports submitted to the Public Ministry the police investigator reportedly suggested that a search be carried out of the property of a man who had previously harassed Cristina and that there were two witnesses who were mugged, apparently by the same individuals who abducted Cristina, but had failed to contribute to the construction of an identikit picture of the suspects. On her return from a lobbying trip to the Netherlands in March 2006 the family received numerous anonymous telephone calls to their home. The report examined the extreme brutality of the killings, which are also frequently characterized by sexual violence, and the serious and persistent shortcomings at every stage of the investigative process. (29) Article 116 of the Guatemalan Penal Code gives relatives the right to propose avenues of investigation, participate in proceedings, request certain tests or examinations and seek the intervention of a judge if they disagree with a prosecutor's decision not to carry out a particular line of investigation. High levels of social conflict continue in Guatemala today as a result of the exclusions of the past, a weak state presence and response, lack of legal certainty of land and property ownership, polarization of ideas borne from the armed conflict and in some other cases the difference of opinion in which development model to adopt in the (33) Draft law no. According to the police unit charged with the investigation of murders of women in the department of Guatemala, during 2005 there were up to a total of 665 murders of women throughout the country 246 murders of women in the department of Guatemala alone a 26 % increase from 2004 (527). with regard to the Guatemalan Government's implementation of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment. As is custom in Guatemala, the protection she was receiving as part of the Public Ministry's witness protection programme was terminated on the sentencing of "Small" despite the fact that she was still clearly at risk of retaliatory violence. Then I went to San Juan police station and begged the police to try to stop their car. Gangs, in particular, single out informants . (26) In the case of Cristina Hernndez the police officer charged with the investigation informed Amnesty International that since the days following the murder on 27 July 2005 she had not carried out any further investigations despite the existence of critical leads as she had not received any instructions from the Public Ministry. (28) The PDH had previously requested that the Constitutional Court (CC) issue a resolution which would empower the PDH to oversee the investigation of the cases within the Public Ministry, however, the CC responded that this was not necessary as the PDH, in line with article 275 of the Guatemalan Constitution, are already empowered to do so. Receive the best source of conflict analysis right in your inbox. It is concerned about the insufficient efforts to conduct thorough investigations, the absence of protection measures for witnesses, victims' families and the lack of information and data regarding the cases, the causes of violence and the profiles of the victims. The Assistant Prosecutor who was the one who processed the crime scene in the case of my daughter told me that my daughter was killed because she was a nobody, a prostituteshe began to laugh at me and I began to cry and her boss didn't say anything". Such a system should also be used to measure the impact of any measures adopted by the Government to address violence against women and girls. 6. NCB Guatemala is part of Guatemala's national police - called Policia Nacional Civil - which is part of the Ministry of Interior. Guatemalans Have Had Enough. Of particular concern is the lack of protection for the 16 families belonging to the Maya Q'eqchi' las Pilas Sellamch community in the municipality of Santa Mara Cahabn who have been displaced and placed at imminent risk for more than 70 days. At least 12 rural and indigenous activists were killed or died under disputed circumstances between January and July, according to the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Unit for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (UDEFEGUA). The lack of response, according to diplomats, emboldened Guatemala to ratchet up its campaign against the archives. is terrified to return to Guatemala. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Of the cases monitored by Amnesty International, there have been only two convictions. In the face of chronic deficiencies in the investigation of cases of murdered women and girls, in April 2006 the PDH presented a proposal to the Public Ministry and Judiciary which would allow the PDH to oversee the investigation of cases of murdered women and girls throughout Guatemala. The obligation to investigate and prosecute all cases of murders ex-officio rarely happens. It left five officers injured and a patrol truck on fire. A previous document from the same unit, however, stated that this figure was 665, of which 195 of the cases were termed as "non-violent" deaths. ), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, senior Democrat of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chairman of the International Trade Subcommittee on Finance, returned from a 6-day bipartisan, bicameral congressional delegation visit to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras to discuss the root causes of . Nor do police exist in a vacuum; permanent change can only take place within broader efforts to battle corruption and favouritism within the justice system as a whole. Although some senior government officials have publicly recognized the seriousness of the killings, Amnesty International is concerned that individual officials, including those at the highest levels of the PNC, still place the blame on the victim and have also made unfair and unsubstantiated generalizations as to the identity of the victim. On 4 July 2005 she was shot at in the town of Chimaltenango together with her aunt, 60-year-old Clara Luz García, who was killed immediately. It has been found that 35% of girls in Guatemala are married off before they turn 18. On 22 March 2005, 22-year-old sex worker, "Perla", was murdered in a hotel in the red light district, Cerrito del Carmen in Guatemala City. Despite increased technical resources given to crime scene investigation, the quality of investigations, including the collection and preservation of forensic evidence, continues to be woefully inadequate, with many reports of evidence being lost or damaged and the failure to follow leads. Certain investigative units have demonstrated that the police can given the proper resources, training and supervision solve complex crimes. Police agents are obliged to take immediate action to locate women who have been reported missing or respond to emergency calls where witnesses report that someone has been abducted. The remaining four cases are cases from outside the department of Guatemala. (6) For example, on 24 June 2005 Marta Olga Caseros Batres's body was found in zone 6 of Guatemala City. 2012, 7). Compounding the difficulties reformers face is that change must take place following a decade of rising violence, much of it fuelled by organised crime, including Mexican drug cartels. (38) Furthermore, while the recent Congressional Commission's opinion proposes amending Article 106 of the Penal Code, the provision which allows the victim to pardon the perpetrator in cases that are not prosecutable ex-officio, including cases of rape and other sexual crime, still remains, making victims vulnerable to pressure not to file complaints.(39). Francisca López, aged 13, was knifed to death on 2 November 2005 in Guatemala City. In November 2005 simultaneous demonstrations calling for an end to the killings were held in nine Latin American countries. Governments have repeatedly promised reform, including the Prez administration that took office in January 2012. Before examining why and how Guatemala's international adoptions and child protection laws have been changed, one must first look at the Hague convention (Dolor, L, 2008). While the Public Ministry's annual report classifies nearly 42% of the cases attended to by the Special Prosecutor's Office for Crimes against Life during 2005 as "solved", in only 3.8% of these cases was a formal accusation presented and in only 1% of cases did a court hearing take place. It also perpetuates violence against women and fosters a climate of impunity for crimes committed against women and girls. The murder of 26-year-old Clara Fabiola García, witness to the murder of two sisters, 15-year-old Ana Berta and 18-year-old Elsa Mariela Loarca Hernndez on 7 August 2003 in Guatemala City bears testament to the failure of the authorities to guarantee the effective safety of witnesses. Comisión de la Mujer del Congreso de la República. (6) Despite considerable national and international concern including two visits and subsequent recommendations by the United Nations and Inter-American Commission special rapporteurs on Women women and girls continue to be murdered with impunity in Guatemala. A series of arrests in Guatemala has brought down a criminal group made up of police officers working as drug dealers and hitmen, showing how the country has not been spared from the growing crisis of police criminality across the region. The UN-sponsored Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) is providing training to both police and prosecutors. From 2010 to 2013, Barnica and her long-time life partner and now husband, Leslie Rene Lopez ("Rene"), were engaged in business buying gold jewelry in Guatemala and reselling it for profit in Honduras.1 As part of this venture, Rene drove back and The Unit for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala (UDEFEGUA) recorded 839 attacks against human rights defenders between January and November. Accoring to the report, he PNC currently boasts manpower of 14,000 officers, which gives it 162 police per 100,000 residents, one of the region's lowest police to civilian ratios. (32) Interview with head of the Central morgue, 5 April 2006. Lack of protection for survivors of violence against women and girls in Central America - KIND Voices That Matter Most Become a Volunteer Interpreter/Translator Blog Media English Blog Home Blog Why do they flee? (19) Quoted in the press: La Nación, Violencia se ensana con mujeres en Guatemala, 2 April 2006. Official statistics continue to mask low prosecution rates. It began when George Zimmerman was found not guilty for shooting unarmed 17-year-old black boy, Trayvon Martin, on Feb, 26, 2012. Steps need to be taken to guarantee the independence, and availability of adequate human and financial resources of the recently established National Forensic Institute. Uniformed police agents who came to the hotel allegedly removed the spent shells and told the hotel owner to wash away the blood. In the United Kingdom, for example, doctors . Immediate, coordinated, full and effective investigations into all cases of abduction and murder of women and girls, ensuring that international standards, in particular in relation to crime scene investigation and autopsies, are followed; Urgent search mechanisms in cases of women and girls reported missing as well as a comprehensive data collection system of women reported missing; The incorporation of a gender perspective into the analysis and treatment of violence against women in policing and judicial practice, including the introduction of standard guidelines and procedures to cover all stages of criminal investigations; Promotion of a campaign for zero tolerance of acts of violence against women and that those responsible, including members of the security forces and non-state actors, will be brought to justice; The removal of discriminatory legislation in line with international standards on violence against women. Judicial authorities do not collect disaggregated statistics for the number of sentences in cases of murdered women and girls, making it difficult to obtain an accurate picture of the number of successful prosecutions at a national level in cases of women killed and whether the number is increasing. IECCP, 2005. For those children who are in residential care, there have been different effects. Level of coordination and quality of investigations, Collection of data on violence against women. When asked about the lack of police presence, a spokesman for the Minneapolis Police Department said in an email that the department is facing an "unprecedented situation." He added that citizens . The ongoing suffering of hundreds of relatives seeking justice for women and girls who have been brutally killed, is exacerbated by the indifference and discrimination they face when they seek help from the authorities. On 5 May 2006, for example, the Chief of Police stated publicly that in order to prevent the murders of women it is necessary to "ask them not to get involved in street gangs and to avoid violence within the family, which we as police cannot do" and attributed more than 60% of the cases to these causes. The Hague convention is an international agreement comprised on a law created in regards to intercountry adoptions (Dolor, L, 2008). What significance does CICIGs closure have for the region? The main threat to young people in Guatemala is the high level of impunity for crimes against children and adolescents. Clara Fabiola García subsequently died in hospital. To Amnesty International's knowledge in neither of the above cases are the officers who failed to respond to reports of abductions facing any disciplinary measures. (40) In cases that occurred prior to December 2005, however, Article 200 can still apply. Official statistics focus on the cause of death, leaving out data regarding sexual violence, mutilation and dismemberment, rendering invisible the nature, history and dimensions of gender-based violence suffered by many victims. According to the PDH, "the difference is that in the case of women they make them suffer more before being killed."(16). A more aggressive method must be implemented without delay as without a gender perspective the investigation into the killing of a woman is contaminated. Police are often also entrusted with various licensing and regulatory activities. The failure of the authorities to identify, detain and bring to justice those responsible for the killings of women and girls sends the message to perpetrators that they will not be held accountable for their actions. [citation needed] The countries with the highest crime and violence rates in Central America are El Salvador and Honduras.In the 1990s Guatemala had four cities feature in Latin America's top ten cities by murder rate: Escuintla (165 per 100,000), Izabal (127), Santa Rosa Cuilapa (111) and . Contradictory and incomplete data relating to the killings of women and girls, including the near total invisibility of gender-based violence in official reports and analysis, continues to prevent the authorities from determining both the extent and the gender-based nature of the violence suffered by the victims. The. This adversely affects their physical health as well as the . The organisations signing this letter are respectfully writing to remind you of the obligation of the State of Guatemala to comply without delay with the ruling of 2014 of the Inter-American Court of Human Right "Human Rights Defender and Others vs. Guatemala", in which the adoption of a Public Policy for the Protection of Human Rights . (8) See Resolución del Parlamento Europeo sobre Guatemala, P6_TA-PROV(2005)0304, 7 July 2005, See www.acnur.org/biblioteca/pdf/3643.pdf. Since then investigations have effectively restarted including sending blood samples of the five suspects to Spain for DNA analysis. According to the police Female Homicide Unit by the end of 2005 they had archived 100 cases out of a total of 224 cases of murdered women and girls allegedly due to a lack of evidence because families no longer wanted investigations or witnesses were no longer willing to talk for fear of reprisals. The testimony of Clara Fabiola, was key to securing the 100 year prison sentence in February 2005 against gang member Oscar Gabriel Morales Ortiz, alias "Small". R. App. In a 104-page document, the inspector general, Michael A. Bolton, criticized the way the Capitol Police prepared for and responded to the mob violence on Jan. 6. Since the 1996 peace accords that ended 36 years of armed conflict, donors have poured tens of millions of dollars into police and justice sector reform. The police had noted that D.C. law prohibits anyone from carrying a firearm within 1,000 feet of any First Amendment activity. Reporting gang activities to police puts a person in greater danger because it aggrevates the gang, challenges their authority, and shows disrespect. As highlighted by the IECCP "there is no institutionalized policy of protection for victims and other individuals subject to penal cases which directly correlates to a retraction or abandonment [of testimony] during the trial."(30). This coverage helped highlight all the shootings that were happening by the police. [File: Alexis Morales/AFP] 20 May 2021. "Claudina was killed by one thing: impunityClaudina's killer knew that the likelihood of him being found was very remote" father of 19-year-old law student Claudina Velsquez Paíz, murdered on 13 August 2005. Small monthly salaries of approximately 4,000 quetzals ($535) created an incentive to extort bribes. There are also encouraging developments within the area of preventive or community-oriented policing. (37), In addition, certain other key proposals are not included in the opinion, such as the proposal to criminalize sexual harassment. The United States is also making it more difficult for unaccompanied children in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to unite with relatives already in the country. In an apparent effort to improve the ability to identify victims of women who are killed as a result of domestic violence, the Office of Attention to the Victim (Oficina de Atención a la Victima OAV) has reportedly begun to take finger prints of women who present complaints of domestic violence. The state must improve the ability of officers to respond to such calls, and those officers who fail to discharge their duties effectively must be held to account. Lack of protection for survivors of violence against women and girls in Central America Why do they flee? From there, media coverage of unarmed black men getting shot began to sky rocket. Victim's families that do undertake investigative efforts or press the state to pursue investigations are subject to threats, harassment, and attacks. (12). In the absence of thorough investigations, various non governmental organizations (NGOs) and other groups have presented their own investigations and analysis regarding the reasons behind the killings. police, body of officers representing the civil authority of government. (18) Cases of Maria A. López Camas and Suly Niseyda Leonardo and Maria C. Menchu Tacan. But all too often citizens distrust and fear the police - widely dismissed as inefficient, corrupt and abusive - as much as the criminals. Around 4,800 men were murdered in Guatemala in 2005. Guatemala lacks a land registration system, creating an obstacle to landowners and paving the way for abuses, fraud, and illegalities (BTI 2016). High crime rates tend to overwhelm incremental progress, making it harder to resist calls for tough solutions that rely on the superior strength and discipline of the army. Considering the positive police response after the only undisputed report, the lack of any indication that the police would not assist if called again, and the legal protections and services discussed in the country reports, it was reasonable for the BIA to decide that the authorities were ab le and willing to protect petitioners. (40) At the time of writing to Amnesty Internatioanl's knowledge, the Public Ministry has still not responded to the Constitutional Court's request for a hearing, during which the Public Ministry would give its judgement regarding the appeal. One example of the manner in which family members are treated by government officials is the case of Rosa Franco, mother of María Isabel Franco, abducted and murdered in December 2001: August 2005 was the last time I went to the prosecutor's office no. The PNC investigators are obliged to submit two police reports to the PUBLIC MINISTRY, one after 24 hours and the other after 72 hours. Such a system should ensure that data is not just collected but also routinely collated, widely published and used to inform targeted government planning and policies. Police officers transport the corpse of an inmate after a 'riot' at the Cantel men's prison in Quetzaltenango in western Guatemala. (44) See Urgent Action, AI Index AMR 34/017/2006, 8 June 2006. Police Reform in Guatemala: Obstacles and Opportunities, Curtain Falls on Guatemalas International Commission against Impunity. In its concluding comments in regard to Guatemala's sixth periodic report, on 2 June 2006 the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) expressed its concern regarding the insufficient efforts taken by the Guatemalan authorities to end the killings: The Committee is deeply concerned about the continuing and increasing cases of disappearances, rape, torture and murders of women, the engrained culture of impunity for such crimes, and the gender-based nature of the crimes committed, which constitute grave and systematic violations of women's human rights. Relatives of a number of victims have complained that state investigators have been quick to classify their family members as gang members, prostitutes or involved in drug trafficking and in so doing, relate their death to suspected stereotypical behaviour. She had been shot and traces of semen were found on her body. Then my brother-in-law went to the homicide department; and they said nothing could be done. Officials that make unfounded public statements discrediting the serious nature of crimes committed against women should be dealt with appropriately. Poverty can lead parents to encourage their children to . This places Guatemala amongst the countries with the highest murder rates in Latin America, with approximately 44 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. After 12 historic and productive years, the mandate of Guatemala's unique anti-corruption commission, the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG by its Spanish acronym), expires exactly a week from today: September 3, 2019. The realities were much closer several weeks ago in Guatemala, . result of a lack of sufficient training. Police typically are responsible for maintaining public order and safety, enforcing the law, and preventing, detecting, and investigating criminal activities. After Cristina Hernndez was murdered in July 2005, her family went into hiding in fear for their safety after they were intimidated. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del. Amnesty International concurs with other national and international experts that the steps taken by government authorities since have been wholly insufficient to address the scale of the problem. In December 2005, Article 200 was temporarily suspended, after the PDH challenged its constitutionality. (43) The perception that women are to blame for their own deaths influences the subsequent investigatory and prosecutory process and places the responsibility of prevention on women themselves, rather than with government authorities responsible for the prevention of violence against women. But despite these efforts, Guatemala, with its neighbours in the Northern Triangle of Central America, remains one of the most violent countries in the world. (41) See A Summary of Amnesty International's Concerns. 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