Assessing international criminal justice in Guatemala : evolutions and ongoing challenges
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- Elisenda Calvet-Martínez, Gretel Mejía Bonifazi (UGent) and Luis De León Agosto
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- 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.
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- civil society, genocide, Guatemala, impunity, international crimes, memorialisation, reparations
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01J5NM05CE50MXVW4819PREN86
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- Calvet-Martínez, Elisenda, et al. “Assessing International Criminal Justice in Guatemala : Evolutions and Ongoing Challenges.” INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW, vol. 24, no. 5–6, 2024, pp. 589–603, doi:10.1163/15718123-bja10199.
- APA
- Calvet-Martínez, E., Mejía Bonifazi, G., & Agosto, L. D. L. (2024). Assessing international criminal justice in Guatemala : evolutions and ongoing challenges. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW, 24(5–6), 589–603. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10199
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- Calvet-Martínez, Elisenda, Gretel Mejía Bonifazi, and Luis De León Agosto. 2024. “Assessing International Criminal Justice in Guatemala : Evolutions and Ongoing Challenges.” INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW 24 (5–6): 589–603. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10199.
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- Calvet-Martínez, Elisenda, Gretel Mejía Bonifazi, and Luis De León Agosto. 2024. “Assessing International Criminal Justice in Guatemala : Evolutions and Ongoing Challenges.” INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW 24 (5–6): 589–603. doi:10.1163/15718123-bja10199.
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- 1.Calvet-Martínez E, Mejía Bonifazi G, Agosto LDL. Assessing international criminal justice in Guatemala : evolutions and ongoing challenges. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW. 2024;24(5–6):589–603.
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- [1]E. Calvet-Martínez, G. Mejía Bonifazi, and L. D. L. Agosto, “Assessing international criminal justice in Guatemala : evolutions and ongoing challenges,” INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW, vol. 24, no. 5–6, pp. 589–603, 2024.
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