The prosecution filed a request to remove Judge Dominguez from the case for alleged bias and partiality toward members of the army. Additionally, the violation of justice, patterns of violence and rampant racism created brutal economic and social conditions for indigenous peoples of Guatemala. Guatemala is home to 24 ethnic groups. Recent studies indicate that, of the 12 agreements constituting the 1996 Peace Accords, the two in which there has been the least progress are those related . No legislation has been adopted, for example, with regard to access to, respect for, registration or security of the ancestral ownership of Indigenous lands; in contrast, evictions are continuing without Indigenous Peoples having had due process through the courts. If authorities do not recognize a strike as legal, employers may suspend or terminate workers for absence without leave. Displaced Children: Criminals and gangs often recruited street children, many of them victims of domestic abuse, for purposes of stealing, extortion, prostitution, transporting contraband, and conducting illegal drug activities. Multiple local NGOs raised concerns over the killings of at least six indigenous leaders from January through September. Criminal organizations, including gangs, exploited girls in sex trafficking and coerced young males in urban areas to sell or transport drugs or commit extortion. These violations, particularly common in export and agricultural industries, resulted in limiting or denying employees’ access to the public health system and reducing or underpaying workers’ pension benefits during their retirement years. Zury Rios, daughter of former president Efrain Rios Montt, and Thelma Aldana, former attorney general, both claimed the rulings against them were politically motivated. 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 law provides for the right of workers, with the exception of security force members, to form and join trade unions, conduct legal strikes, and bargain collectively. Despite the government’s request for CICIG to transfer capacity to the Public Ministry by the end its mandate, many in civil society believed the Public Ministry did not yet have the capacity to investigate corruption cases on its own and the decision to terminate CICIG’s mandate was made for political reasons. General elections took place in 2019 to elect the President and Vice-President, Members of the Congress of the Republic and local councillors. The government was criticized by civil society for refusing to renew CICIG’s mandate, which expired on September 3. The country did not demonstrate measurable progress in the effective enforcement of its labor laws, particularly those related to freedom of association and collective bargaining. Ministries and businesses are required to negotiate only with the largest union, as determined by annual membership. This impacts disproportionately on the country’s indigenous In 1989, about 93 percent of the indigenous population in Guatemala were living in poverty and 91 percent in extreme poverty, whereas only 66 percent and 45 percent of the non-indigenous population were living in those respective conditions. The ministry reported 7,089 reports of minor abuse of all types, approximately 2,000 fewer than in 2018. Worker representatives reported no significant improvement in compliance with the law as a result of the new sanction authority, noting that the inspectorate emphasized collection of fines, which now go to the labor inspectorate, over remediation of the underlying violations. Several attacks targeted journalists for supposed membership in the LGBTI community. Employers failing to provide a safe workplace were rarely sanctioned, and a law requiring companies with more than 50 employees to provide onsite medical facilities for their workers was not enforced. The Russian conglomerate Solway, which bought the mine in 2014, was accused of violence against indigenous activists and illegal extraction of undeclared materials. The law prohibits all forms of forced or compulsory labor. Poverty and threats of violence, kidnapping and extortion force many to make multiple attempts to reach the US. The decision also called on the government and its social partners to develop and adopt a consensus legislative proposal that would address the long-standing ILO recommendations on freedom of association, collective bargaining, and the right to strike. The prosecution filed recusal motions against Judge Dominguez, and in September the First High Risk Appellate Court granted the recusal motion and transferred the case to Judge Miguel Angel Galvez; however, the case remained mired in a series of unresolved appeals. The report concluded that the Spanish company had failed to meet the OECD Guidelines, specifically Chapter V on the Environment and Chapter II General Principles A.2 and A.10.10. Subsequently, Guatemalan former CICIG employees complained about being subject to systemic harassment and spurious lawsuits for simply having performed their duties for CICIG. The Public Ministry and the PNC conducted several raids against alleged online child pornography networks. 2. In addition, transgender individuals faced severe discrimination. organizations from 28 countries, gatheredfrom all regions of the world, including farmers, hunters, gatherers, fishers, herders, and pastoralists, met in Panajachel, Sololá, at Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, on April 17–19, 2002, with the following objectives: 1. While the business community was in favor of these regulations as a tool to generate employment, workers expressed concern the regulations would further reduce minimum wage, overtime pay, and employment benefits such as social security. Published 25 February. To address the employment discrepancies in Guatemala, Gracia Inc. is providing job opportunities and vocational training for indigenous women. So in 2018, when erratic conditions that some attribute to climate change destroyed crops and the government became increasingly authoritarian, it only made sense to migrate north and escape an unimprovable situation. Labor inspectors reported uncovering numerous instances of overtime abuse, but effective enforcement was undermined due to inadequate fines and labor courts’ reluctance to use compulsory measures, such as increased fines and referrals to the criminal courts, to obtain compliance. The Unit for Crimes against Unionists within the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights in the Public Ministry was responsible for investigating attacks and threats against union members as well as for noncompliance with judicial orders in labor cases. During Guatemala’s 36-year civil war, when the military targeted entire indigenous communities indiscriminately in its brutal counter-insurgency, many of Huehuetenango’s inhabitants were forced to flee. To meet the quota, workers felt compelled to work extra hours, sometimes bringing family members, including children, to help with the work. The constitution and the law prohibit such actions, and the government generally respected these prohibitions. Many employers in the agricultural sector reportedly conditioned payment of the minimum daily wage on excessive production quotas that workers generally were unable to meet. His background illustrates U.S. culpability in Guatemala’s contemporary problems: The U.S. School of the Americas trained him in 1985, and he was a key military officer during one of the worst periods of Guatemalan genocide. The law establishes a one-year maximum for pretrial detention, regardless of the stage of the criminal proceeding, but the court has the legal authority to extend pretrial detention without limits as necessary. The Public Ministry employed a unit dedicated to the investigation of threats and attacks against journalists, but the NGO Center for Reporting in Guatemala noted it had few prosecutions. Education: While primary education is compulsory through age 14, access was limited in many rural areas; education through the secondary level is not obligatory. A culture of indifference to detainee rights put the welfare of detainees at risk. The tightening of US migration policy, including the construction of a wall along its southern border, limited granting of visas and mass deportations, has been aimed at the Central American countries of the so-called “Northern Triangle”: Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, three countries which generate large flows of migrants seeking to escape poverty, corruption and impunity along with the violence that is prevalent in the region. In Guatemala alone, more than 1 million people are at risk of acute malnutrition and eat only once a day. The law provides for 12 paid annual holidays and paid vacation of 15 working days after one year’s work. Although there are no legal restrictions on women’s access and rights to land, the percentage of female landowners is extremely low due to prevailing patriarchal influences. During the dam’s construction from 1975 to 1985, more than 400 individuals died, and thousands were displaced. The Spanish PNC felt that significant changes had occurred in some reaches of the Cahabón River within the project’s area of influence, with potentially negative effects on the local communities. Despite a slow economic recovery, unequal distribution has meant that Guatemala remains one of the poorest countries in the region. The country's indigenous people therefore have a strong motivation to lobby for the rule of law. A unit under the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes against Children and Adolescents handled child abuse cases. Many employers of domestic servants routinely paid below minimum wage, failed to register their employees with the Guatemalan Institute of Social Security, and demanded 16-hour days for six or more days a week for live-in staff. The report indicates that, in the first six months of 2019 alone, there were 327 attacks on human rights defenders, including 12 murders, 18 attempted murders and 61 cases of criminalisation.12. The Jewish population numbered approximately 1,500 persons. El Periódico, 29 January 202. Workers are not to work more than 12 hours a day. While the PDH attempted to operate independently and issued public reports and recommendations as in past years, Congress applied significant political pressure, including threats to withhold the PDH’s funding. Coercion in Population Control: There were no reports of coerced abortion or involuntary sterilization. While the indigenous population constituted an estimated 43 percent of the population, according to the 2018 government census, indigenous representation in national government was minimal. A 2017 decree restored sanction authority to the Ministry of Labor, but the decree did not go into effect until January 2018. Business groups complained the shortened time frame to investigate and verify compliance with Ministry of Labor remediation orders resulted in more cases being referred to the labor courts without an opportunity to conciliate. The ministry’s labor inspectorate indicated it had collected 1,864,800 quetzals ($240,000) from fines imposed in 2018, and approximately 3,044,000 quetzals ($395,000) from January 1 to November 15, 2019. El Periódico, 13 August 2019, “Gobierno de Jimmy Morales dejó aprobado proyecto hidroeléctrico Pontilá”. Even so, the Indigenous organisations felt that insufficient publicity had been undertaken to promote self-identification and that the actual census had been hampered by events arising due to the political crisis around the war on corruption and impunity. This related to the role of a Spanish company, Cobra del Grupo ACS, in the Guatemalan company Corporación Multi Inversiones S.A’s construction of the RENACE hydroelectric complex. The same appellate court had granted a similar request on September 12 to remove Dominguez from the Maya Achi sexual violence case for alleged bias. NGOs claimed admittance procedures for LGBTI prisoners were not implemented, noting particular concern regarding procedures for transgender individuals. A strike must have the support of the majority of a company’s workforce. For example, a lack of consensus remained between employers and workers on legislation seeking to address ILO recommendations, particularly to allow for industry-wide unions. The case continued of former intelligence chief Jose Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez regarding the genocide involving the Maya Ixil community during the country’s 30-year internal armed conflict (1960-1996). Discrimination: Although the law establishes the principle of gender equality and criminalizes discrimination, women, and particularly indigenous women, faced discrimination and were less likely to hold management positions. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed concern regarding violence against internally displaced persons (IDPs) and strengthened its efforts to monitor the problem and provide assistance to the displaced. Another 1,242 inmates were held in three new alternative measures facilities. Civilian authorities at times did not maintain effective control over the security forces. On September 14, Maya Achi Ancestral Authority representative Paulina Cruz Ruiz was killed in Baja Verapaz by unidentified gunmen in front of her house. Prison officials reported safety and control problems, including escape attempts, gang fights, inability to control the flow of contraband goods into prisons, inmate possession of firearms and grenades, and the fabrication of weapons. The case continued in the pretrial stage, and some of the accused remained at large. A Mayan Cakchiquel from Guatemala, he has represented indigenous peoples at the United Nations since the early 1980s, addressing human rights violations against the Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala and around the world. In October the Constitutional Court temporarily suspended key provisions of the regulations. Yet again, no more than 10% of members elected to the Congress of the Republic are Indigenous, in contrast to the 44% of the population who self-identify as such, according to the latest census. During the year the Secretariat against Sexual Violence, Exploitation, and Trafficking in Persons transferred control of three shelters to the SBS, as mandated by the government. Press and Media, Including Online Media: Independent media were active and expressed a wide variety of views. ing conditions: Attribution—Please cite the work as follows: Sanchez, Susana M., ... 2.2 The Indigenous People of Guatemala are a Heterogeneous Group ..... 31 3.1 Is it Food Contamination: What Role do Mycotoxins Play in Malnutrition in Guatemala? Child labor was a widespread problem. Section 2. Sexual assault, inadequate sanitation and medical care, and gross overcrowding placed prisoners at significant risk. Although the Government of Guatemala has adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the country’s indigenous peoples continue to face a number of challenges. Guatemala is still trying to come to terms with a 36-year-long civil war. Twenty-three percent of children living in these settlements suffer from malnutrition. 2013: Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Government of Spain. On August 11, Alejandro Giammattei was elected president for a four-year term set to begin on January 14, 2020. The socioeconomic situation in Guatemala is still characterized by poverty, racism, exclusion, violence and impunity. Indigenous human rights defenders who speak out face intimidation and violence, often supported by the state. Societal discrimination against persons with HIV/AIDS remained a problem, however, despite efforts by the Ministry of Health to address it. Trade union leaders and human rights groups reported employers required workers to work overtime without legally mandated premium pay. Refworld contains a vast collection of reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy documents and positions, and documents relating to international and national legal frameworks. Public employees may address grievances by means of conciliation for collective disputes and arbitration directly through the labor courts. Penalties were not sufficient to deter violations. Workers in the formal sector receive the standard pay for a day’s work for official annual holidays. Several labor leaders reported death threats and other acts of intimidation. According to ILO statistics, 74 percent of the workforce worked in the informal sector and outside the basic protections afforded by law. Online attacks against independent journalists and media outlets continued throughout the year. The social organisations believe that this situation represents a threat to the continuity of court cases for genocide that are currently being prosecuted against former soldiers involved in massacres of the Indigenous population.7. According to human rights NGOs, many of the attacks were related to land disputes and exploitation of natural resources and involved mainly indigenous communities. A 2017 decree prohibits underage marriage. Indigenous Guatemalans, who represent the majority of the country’s population, account for an estimated 80 percent of Guatemala’s poor. In February the ILO noted with regret continued impunity in cases of violence against trade union leaders and members. Indigenous lands lacked effective demarcation, making the legal recognition of titles to the land problematic. Guatemala’s long civil war, ongoing conflicts related to large-scale development or extractive projects and extreme rural poverty have all contributed to the migration of indigenous people from rural to urban areas, mostly to Guatemala City. Posted in Guatemala. The law prohibits the execution of warrants between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless the government has declared a state of siege. According to UDEFEGUA, from January to July, there were 28 retaliatory judicial cases filed against human rights defenders. Negotiations for collective reparations continued in the case of families affected by the Chixoy hydroelectric dam. Refworld is the leading source of information necessary for taking quality decisions on refugee status. In his speech to the UN General Assembly in 2019, President Jimmy Morales (also singled out for corruption) accused CICIG of not following due process and called for an end to its operations. The government’s National Institute of Statistics estimated indigenous persons from 24 ethnic groups comprised 44 percent of the population. By the end of August, the special prosecutor for crimes against judicial workers received 70 complaints of threats or aggression against workers in the judicial branch, compared with 157 from January to August 2018. The president and congress renewed the state of siege for a second 30-day period ending on November 4. The recusal was granted, and Judge Jimmi Bremer of High-Risk Court C indicted Garcia Mendoza on November 29 on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. “Línea Directrices de la OCDE para Empresas Multinacionales – Punto Nacional de Contacto Español”. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom from: a. There were approximately 18 indigenous members of Congress, of whom two were women. “Each day we are poorer and poorer,” she said. 25 January 2021 GUATEMALA: INDIGENOUS LEADER SHOT: JULIO DAVID GONZÁLEZ ARANGO Research Guatemala. NGO participants complained the ministry imposed restrictions on civil society participation in the committee and reduced working-level officials’ authorities to respond to attacks. countries, Indigenous children continue to face glaring disparities across all human development indicators.1Guatemala has a population of approximately 16 million people, with women accounting for 51% of the population and men 49%2. Independent Monitoring: The government permitted visits by local and international human rights groups, the Organization of American States, public defenders, and religious groups. conditions and human rights violations. The third objective was to strengthen the capacity of institutions responsible for freedom of association to prevent, investigate, prosecute, process, and execute administrative and judicial decisions, as well as to improve access to information by civil society so they could take actions to defend and promote their labor rights. The law establishes penalties of five to eight years for physical, economic, and psychological violence committed against women due to their gender. The government had specialized police and prosecutors handle cases of human trafficking, including forced labor, although local experts reported some prosecutors lacked adequate training. Morales appealed the court decision and attended a May 29 hearing in court. 17 September 2020 Guatemala: Open letter to the President on the need to adopt a public policy for the protection of human rights defenders Research Guatemala Early and Forced Marriage: The legal age for marriage is 18. December 2015, Ministry of Food and Nutritional Security (SESAN), Government of the Republic of Guatemala. According to figures from the 2018 census, Guatemala has a population of 14.9 million inhabitants, 6.5 million (43.75%) of which self-identify as Indigenous, from the Maya, Garífuna and Xinca Indigenous Peoples, or Creole (Afrodescendants). The government failed to enforce the law effectively. On May 7, seven inmates were killed and almost 20 injured in a riot in Pavon prison. The government did not restrict or disrupt access to the internet or censor online content, and there were no credible reports that the government monitored private online communications without appropriate legal authority. Vaccination coverage in El Salvador varies from 90% to 93%, depending on the vaccine, while vaccination coverage ranges from 93% to 98% and 88% to 93% in Guatemala and Honduras, respectively 19 . For its part, in 2019 the Spanish National Contact Point (PNC), responsible for meeting the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises,9 ruled on a case that had been submitted to it by the Alliance for Solidarity (AxS). Reports persisted of men and women subjected to forced labor in agriculture and domestic service. Prisoners had difficulty obtaining potable water, complained of inadequate food, and often had to pay for additional sustenance. This information must also be used to re-direct development policies towards a cultural perspective that embodies the collective rights of Indigenous Peoples. General information about natural disaster preparedness is available locally from the National Disaster Reduction Coordination Office ( CONRED ) and from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Individuals and organizations have access to administrative and judicial remedies to submit lawsuits seeking damages for, or cessation of, a human rights violation or other alleged wrongs. As of October the government had paid approximately 98 percent of the 200 million quetzals ($26 million) in individual reparations to families affected by the dam. The State must guarantee free participation, without intimidation or threats, of indigenous peoples running for different positions. The law provides for equal rights for indigenous persons and obliges the government to recognize, respect, and promote the lifestyles, customs, traditions, social organizations, and manner of dress of indigenous persons. As of October 1, according to prison authorities, there were 25,297 inmates, including 2,806 women, held in facilities designed to hold 6,800 persons. Access to Asylum: The laws provides for the granting of asylum or refugee status, and the government has established a system for providing protection to refugees. Gang-related violence is an important factor prompting people, including unaccompanied children and young adults, to leave the country. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights characterized as IDPs 400 farmers the government evicted from the Maya Biosphere Reserve in 2017. Impunity continued to be widespread for ongoing human rights abuses, endemic government corruption, and for mass atrocities committed during the 1960-1996 internal armed conflict.
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