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| Press Releases |
 Apr 28, 2010
PRESS RELEASE 007
Guatemala, April 28, 2010.
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PRESS RELEASE 006
Guatemala, abril 16 de 2010
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Guatemala, April 8, 2010.
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Guatemala, March 1, 2010.
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Guatemala, 11 February 2010.
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Guatemala, 21 January 2010.
Nov 26, 2009
PRESS RELEASE 012
Guatemala, 26 November 2009.
Nov 4, 2009
PRESS RELEASE 011
Guatemala, 04 November 2009.
Oct 28, 2009
PRESS RELEASE 010
Guatemala, 28 October 2009.
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| Interviews |
 Interviews of the Commissioner with local and international media.
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| A New Model for International Criminal Justice? |
 Guatemala, May 10, 2010. A new Human Rights First report published in the Journal of International Criminal Justice analyses the groundbreaking but little understood International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) to develop an improved rule of law model for the UN in reforming weak legal systems. It engages in an in-depth study of CICIG’s activities and a comparative analysis of CICIG against similar international criminal justice mechanisms. Human Rights First argues that CICIG’s level of integration into the local judicial system and its dual focus on powers to promote prosecutions and institutional reform tools make it a unique model worth replicating. This report also makes recommendations to further improve CICIG’s model for future application to new contexts and countries.
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| Considerations on the Process for Election of the Attorney General |
 Guatemala, March 24, 2010
The election of the Attorney General is important in every country because this is a constitutional function. The Attorney General is in charge of public prosecution and in many countries, including Guatemala, he is solely responsible for public prosecution, which may not be undertaken by private individuals and interested third parties.
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We are looking the monster in the face.
And we are holding its gaze.
Carlos Castresana, CICIG Commissioner
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 Excerpts from the interview on "Viva la mañana" on Guatevisión
Guatemala, March 18, 2010.
Former President Alfonso Portillo extradited
This is good news because the rule of law prevails. I understand that many Guatemalans feel pain, they even feel shame to see a former president who has represented them all subject to criminal prosecution, but it was he who decided to launder money in the United States, and that cannot be blamed on anyone else.
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| Touching the untouchables |
 Guatemala, 15 March 2010. The Economist, one of the most important journals in the world, dedicated an article to the situation of justice in Guatemala. |
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| Court of Conscience On Sexual Violence Against Women |
 Guatemala, 5 March 2010. During the 36 years of internal armed conflict that took place in Guatemala, rape was widespread, massively and systematically committed by government agents as part of the counterinsurgency policy. It was used as an instrument of war and a tool to generate terror, violating human rights and international humanitarian law. It was widespread during the massacres and in most cases the precursor of death.
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| Inside CICIG |
Mandate
The United Nations and the Government of Guatemala signed the Agreement Relative to the Establishment of an International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) on 12 December 2006. |
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Commissioner
CICIG is headed by Dr. Carlos Castresana Fernandez, who was appointed Commissioner and Assistant Secretary General by the Secretary General of the United Nations on 14 September 2007. |
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Cases
Under Article 3(b) of the 12 December 2006 UN-Guatemala Agreement for the creation of CICIG, the Commission has the power to join a criminal proceeding as a complementary prosecutor with respect to all cases within its mandate. |
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The Republic of Guatemala, a mountainous country that lies in the Central American isthmus, has an estimated population of thirteen million.
