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GUATEMALA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
May 2004
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
Title:
Belize - Guatemala. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
Title:
Guatemala. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
12 January 2017
Accessed Date:
21 April 2017
Title:
Guatemala. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
7 March 2017
Title:
Guatemala. Amnesty International Annual Report 2016/17: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
12 April 2017
Title:
Guatemala. World Report 2017: Events of 2016.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
30 March 2017
Title:
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of his office in Guatemala
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
11 January 2017
Accessed Date:
12 April 2017
Title:
Guatemala. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
12 April 2017
Title:
Situation of Human Rights in Guatemala: Diversity, Inequality and Exclusion
Code:
OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 43/15
Source:
Inter-American Commission On Human Rights
Date of Document:
31 December 2015
Accessed Date:
2 March 2017
Title:
‘We are Defending the Land With our Blood'. Defenders of the Land, Territory and Environment in Honduras and Guatemala.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
31 August 2016
Accessed Date:
2 March 2017
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Guatemala
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
31 December 2012
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
children; corruption; country overview; crime; domestic violence; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Guatemala. “Smaller than David”: The struggle of human rights defenders.
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights; World Organisation Against Torture
Date of Document:
February 2015
Accessed Date:
7 March 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; children; conflict; crime; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender-based violence; human rights activists; indigenous groups; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; map; police/security forces; race; sexual violence; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Guatemala Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
21 April 2017
Title:
Rights and obligations of permanent residents in Guatemala; reasons why a permanent resident may lose their status; whether it is possible to resume it and the procedures to do so
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 September 2012
Accessed Date:
28 May 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; freedom of movement; identity documents; legislation; marriage
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain Guatemalan citizenship through marriage, including whether Guatemala allows for dual citizenship with Colombia (2009-January 2011)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 February 2011
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents; legislation; marriage
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Oligarchy in Retreat: Guatemala's Election
Source:
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Date of Document:
8 October 2015
Author:
Robie Mitchell; Mark Cameron
Accessed Date:
7 March 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; corruption; crime; government corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; organized crime; police/security forces; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Republic Of Guatemala. Election for President (President) of 25 October 2015.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
7 March 2016
Keywords:
election; political organizations; statistics
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 - Guatemala Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
21 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; election; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; government corruption; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; identity documents; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Republic Of Guatemala. Election for President (President) of 6 September 2015.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
7 March 2016
Keywords:
election; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Republic Of Guatemala. Election for Congreso De La Republica (Congress of the Republic) of 6 September 2015.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
7 March 2016
Keywords:
election; political organizations; statistics
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Crimes Without Punishment: an Update on Violence Against Women and Impunity in Guatemala
Source:
Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal
Author:
Karen Musalo; Blaine Bookey
Accessed Date:
15 April 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; femicide; gender equality; gender-based violence; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Fact Sheet: Femicide and Feminicide
Source:
Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
domestic violence; femicide; gender-based violence; judicial efficacy; legislation; police efficacy; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Guatemala. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
28 November 2014
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; female genital mutilation; femicide; gender equality; gender-based violence; indigenous groups; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; police/security forces; political activities; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention. Eighth and ninth periodic reports that States parties were supposed to submit in 2015: Guatemala.
Source:
United Nations. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
11 January 2016
Accessed Date:
2 March 2017
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection, and services available to victims
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 May 2012
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
Keywords:
crime; domestic violence; femicide; gender-based violence; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services; statistics; warrants
Title:
Guatemala. Submission to the Human Rights Committee for the 115th Session (Information For Adoption Of List Of Issues Prior To Reporting) 19 October – 6 November 2015.
Source:
The Advocates for Human Rights
Date of Document:
August 2015
Accessed Date:
7 March 2016
Keywords:
abduction; children; crime; domestic violence; drug trafficking; femicide; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; judicial efficacy; legislation; police efficacy; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation Purposes in Guatemala
Source:
International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala; United Nations. Children's Fund.
Accessed Date:
2 March 2017
6.
Sexual Minorities - (No items in this section)
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Guatemala. 2017 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 April 2017
Accessed Date:
21 April 2017
Title:
Guatemala (Tier 2). Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
2 March 2017
Title:
Guatemala. 2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
Title:
Crutch to Catalyst? The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala. Latin America & Caribbean Report N° 56.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
29 January 2016
Accessed Date:
7 March 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; government corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; social services; witness protection
Title:
Against the Odds: CICIG in Guatemala
Source:
Open Society Foundations
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
25 April 2017
Title:
Executive Summary - Note by the Secretariat, Addendum: Review of Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption
Code:
CAC/COSP/IRG/I/4/1/Add.33
Source:
United Nations. Office on Drugs and Crime.
Date of Document:
19 November 2015
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Mafia of the Poor: Gang Violence and Extortion in Central America. Latin America & Caribbean Report N° 62.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
6 April 2017
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
Title:
Gangs in Central America
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
29 August 2016
Author:
Clare Ribando Seelke
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Corridor of Violence: The Guatemala-Honduras Border. Latin America & Caribbean Report N° 52.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
4 June 2014
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of the press; gangs; government corruption; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; map; minorities; organized crime; police corruption; police/security forces; statistics; transport infrastructure
Title:
Guatemala Elites and Organized Crime
Date of Document:
1 September 2016
Author:
Edgar Gutiérrez, Steven Dudley
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Easy Prey: Criminal Violence and Central American Migration. Latin American & Caribbean Report N° 57.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
28 July 2016
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
How Organized Crime Infiltrated Guatemala's Government
Date of Document:
28 May 2015
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; organized crime; police corruption; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Closed Doors. Mexico's Failure to Protect Central American Refugee and Migrant Children.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
31 March 2016
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
“What Is Behind the High Cost of Crime in the Northern Triangle? Recent Trends in Crime and Victimization.” The Costs of Crime and Violence: New Evidence and Insights in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Source:
Inter-American Development Bank
Date of Document:
February 2017
Author:
Rogelio Granguillhome Ochoa
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Policy Brief. Nomination Commissions and Judicial Independence in Guatemala.
Date of Document:
November 2014
Accessed Date:
15 April 2015
Keywords:
corruption; crime; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; political activities
Title:
Guatemala. WJP Rule of Law Index 2016.
Source:
World Justice Project
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
We Struggle With Dignity: Victims' Participation in Transitional Justice in Guatemala
Date of Document:
May 2016
Author:
Denis Martinez et al.
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Requirements and procedures for lodging a report with the police; avenues of recourse for filing complaints against the police for corruption or misconduct; requirements and procedures to obtain a copy of the police report (2013-March 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 April 2015
Accessed Date:
21 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; crime; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police corruption; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints
Title:
Police Reform in Guatemala: Obstacles and Opportunities. Latin America & Caribbean Report N° 43.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
20 July 2012
Accessed Date:
29 May 2013
Keywords:
abduction; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; map; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; statistics; transport infrastructure
Title:
Guatemala. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
Title:
Guatemala. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Guatemala. The Indigenous World 2016.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2016
Editor:
Diana Vinding; Cæcilie Mikkelsen
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Guatemala. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2016
Author:
Janet Oropeza Eng
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fourteenth and fifteenth periodic reports of Guatemala
Code:
CERD/C/GTM/CO/14-15
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
12 June 2015
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; indigenous groups; labour; legal system; legislation; political activities; race; statistics
Title:
Indigenous peoples' rights and hydro-electric projects in Guatemala: The case of the Ch'orti' in Chiquimula
Source:
Open Society Foundations
Date of Document:
June 2015
Author:
Julian Burger; Monica Feria-Tinta; Claire McGregor
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; conflict; corruption; country overview; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; gender equality; humanitarian situation; indigenous groups; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police/security forces; race; state surveillance; statistics
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Guatemala Passes Anti-Coyote Law to Punish Migrant Smugglers
Date of Document:
25 November 2015
Author:
Michael Lohmuller
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Keywords:
children; crime; legislation; organized crime; statistics; trafficking in persons
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Guatemala. The 2016 ITUC Global Rights Index. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 March 2017:
Title:
Guatemala. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
28 March 2016
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gt.html
Accessed Date:
21 April 2016
Keywords:
country overview; map
Title:
Guatemala. Amnesty International Annual Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/americas/guatemala/report-guatemala/
Accessed Date:
21 April 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of assembly; freedom of the press; gangs; gender-based violence; human rights activists; indigenous groups; judicial efficacy; legal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Guatemala. World Report 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2016/country-chapters/guatemala
Accessed Date:
7 April 2016
Keywords:
conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; government corruption; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; organized crime; police efficacy
Title:
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of his office in Guatemala
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
19 February 2016
URL:
http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/31/3/Add.1
Accessed Date:
21 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; children; conflict; corruption; crime; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; indigenous groups; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; race; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Guatemala. Freedom in the World 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/guatemala#.VSVeVfnF-3k
Accessed Date:
15 April 2015
Keywords:
abduction; children; conflict; crime; domestic violence; drug trafficking; election; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; organized crime; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture; trafficking in persons; witness protection
Title:
Guatemala Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by-country/GT.html
Accessed Date:
7 March 2016
Keywords:
freedom of movement; identity documents
Title:
Guatemala (Tier 2). Trafficking in Persons Report 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2015/243446.htm
Accessed Date:
7 March 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; gangs; government corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; organized crime; police corruption; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
Guatemala. 2016 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
14 March 2016
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=19279
Accessed Date:
25 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; judicial efficacy; organized crime; police efficacy; sexual violence; statistics; transport infrastructure
Title:
Gangs in Central America
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
20 February 2014
Author:
Clare Ribando Seelke
URL:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34112.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 July 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; children; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; extremist/terrorist organizations; gangs; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; statistics; torture
Title:
Guatemala. WJP Rule of Law Index 2015.
Source:
World Justice Project
URL:
http://data.worldjusticeproject.org/#/groups/GTM
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; freedom of expression; government corruption; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion
Title:
Guatemala. Freedom of the Press 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2015/guatemala
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Keywords:
crime; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; legal system; legislation
Title:
Guatemala. International Religious Freedom Report for 2014.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
14 October 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2014&dlid=238548
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Keywords:
indigenous groups; legislation; minorities; religion; statistics
Title:
Guatemala. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2015: Events of 2014.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
2 July 2015
Author:
Janet Oropeza Eng
URL:
http://minorityrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MRG-state-of-the-worlds-minorities-2015-FULL-TEXT.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Keywords:
conflict; crime; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; indigenous groups; internal displacement; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Guatemala. The 2015 ITUC Global Rights Index. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
URL:
http://www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-global-rights-index-2015
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Keywords:
crime; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; labour
Title:
Concluding Observations on the Combined Fifth and Sixth Periodic Reports of Guatemala, Adopted by the Committee at Its Fiftieth Session (6–31 May 2013)
Source:
United Nations. Committee Against Torture.
Date of Document:
21 June 2013
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CAT/C/GTM/CO/5-6&Lang=En
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
children; conflict; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; gender-based violence; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; sexual minorities; social services; statistics; torture; witness protection
Title:
Country of Origin Series: Guatemala: Background Paper
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
October 2013
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/53832fe84.html
Accessed Date:
27 May 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; children; conflict; corruption; country overview; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; drug trafficking; election; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gangs; gender-based violence; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; map; marriage; organized crime; penal system; police efficacy; political opposition; political organizations; sexual violence; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Information on the political party LIDER (Libertad Democrática Renovada) during and after the elections of 2011, including treatment of its members and associated groups and individuals; information on the election results at the municipal ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 May 2013
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=454568&pls=1
Accessed Date:
29 May 2014
Keywords:
crime; election; organized crime; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Guatemala: Political, Security, and Socio-Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service
Date of Document:
7 August 2014
Author:
Maureen Taft-Morales
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/540dacc24.html
Accessed Date:
3 October 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; children; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; rejected asylum seekers; torture
Title:
Political Turmoil in Guatemala: Opportunities and Risks
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
31 August 2015
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/55e555784.html
Accessed Date:
7 March 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; government corruption; political organizations
Title:
Guatemala. Children on the Run. Unaccompanied Children Leaving Central America and Mexico and the Need for International Protection.
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
URL:
http://www.unhcrwashington.org/sites/default/files/UAC_UNHCR_Children%20on%20the%20Run_Full%20Report.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 April 2015
Keywords:
children; crime; gangs; indigenous groups; organized crime; statistics
Title:
Transnational Organized Crime in Central America and the Caribbean: A Threat Assessment
Source:
United Nations. Office on Drugs and Crime.
Date of Document:
September 2012
Page Numbers:
5, 21-30, 65-73
URL:
https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/Studies/TOC_Central_America_and_the_Caribbean_english.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 May 2013
Keywords:
corruption; crime; drug trafficking; gangs; labour; map; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; statistics; trafficking in persons; transport infrastructure
Title:
The Hidden Dimensions of Extortion in Guatemala
Date of Document:
1 December 2014
Author:
Marguerite Cawley
URL:
http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/hidden-dimensions-guatemala-extortion
Accessed Date:
15 April 2015
Keywords:
abduction; crime; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; judicial efficacy; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
Violence perpetrated by criminal gangs and cases of popular justice; protection offered by the state (2008-March 2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 May 2012
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=453972
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
Keywords:
armed groups; children; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; statistics; transport infrastructure; witness protection
Title:
Guatemala's New Narco-Map: Less Zetas, Same Chaos. InSight Crime Game Changers 2013.
Date of Document:
16 September 2013
URL:
http://www.insightcrime.org/gamechangers/InsightCrimeGameChangers2013.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
crime; drug trafficking; gangs; gender-based violence; judicial efficacy; legal system; map; organized crime; police corruption; police/security forces; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Executive summary: Guatemala. Review of implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
Code:
CAC/COSP/IRG/2015/CRP.23
Source:
United Nations. Office on Drugs and Crime.
Date of Document:
30 October 2015
URL:
https://www.unodc.org/documents/treaties/UNCAC/WorkingGroups/ImplementationReviewGroup/3-4November2015/V1507556e.pdf#page=1
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; government corruption; legal system; legislation; witness protection
Title:
The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala: A WALO Report on the CICIG Experience
Source:
The Washington Office on Latin America
Date of Document:
June 2015
URL:
http://www.wola.org/sites/default/files/Citizen%20Security/2015/WOLA_CICIG_ENG_FNL_extra%20page.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Keywords:
conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; organized crime; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; trafficking in persons; witness protection
Title:
Justice on Trial in Guatemala: The Ríos Montt Case. Latin America Report No. 50.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
23 September 2013
URL:
http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/latin-america/Guatemala/050-justice-on-trial-in-guatemala-the-rios-montt-case.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; indigenous groups; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legal system; map; minorities; organized crime; police/security forces; race; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Totonicapán: Tension in Guatemala's Indigenous Hinterland. Latin America Report No. 47.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
6 February 2013
URL:
http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/latin-america/Guatemala/047-totonicapan-tension-in-guatemalas-indigenous-hinterland.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 May 2013
Keywords:
corruption; crime; drug trafficking; election; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; gender equality; humanitarian situation; indigenous groups; legislation; map; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; statistics
Title:
Situation of Human Rights in Guatemala: Diversity, Inequality and Exclusion
Code:
OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 43/15
Source:
Inter-American Commission On Human Rights
Date of Document:
31 December 2015
URL:
http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/reports/pdfs/guatemala2016-en.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 March 2017
Title:
‘We are Defending the Land With our Blood'. Defenders of the Land, Territory and Environment in Honduras and Guatemala.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
31 August 2016
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr01/4562/2016/en/
Accessed Date:
2 March 2017
Title:
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention. Eighth and ninth periodic reports that States parties were supposed to submit in 2015: Guatemala.
Source:
United Nations. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
11 January 2016
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CEDAW%2FC%2FGTM%2F8-9&Lang=en
Accessed Date:
2 March 2017
Title:
Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation Purposes in Guatemala
Source:
International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala; United Nations. Children's Fund.
URL:
http://www.cicig.org/uploads/documents/2016/Trata_Ing_978_9929_40_829_6.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 March 2017
Title:
Against the Odds: CICIG in Guatemala
Source:
Open Society Foundations
Date of Document:
March 2016
URL:
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/against-odds-cicig-guatemala-20160321.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 April 2017
Title:
Executive Summary - Note by the Secretariat, Addendum: Review of Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption
Code:
CAC/COSP/IRG/I/4/1/Add.33
Source:
United Nations. Office on Drugs and Crime.
Date of Document:
19 November 2015
URL:
https://www.unodc.org/documents/treaties/UNCAC/WorkingGroups/ImplementationReviewGroup/ExecutiveSummaries/V1600755e.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Mafia of the Poor: Gang Violence and Extortion in Central America. Latin America & Caribbean Report N° 62.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
6 April 2017
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/latin-america-caribbean/central-america/62-mafia-poor-gang-violence-and-extortion-central-america
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
Title:
Guatemala Elites and Organized Crime
Date of Document:
1 September 2016
Author:
Edgar Gutiérrez, Steven Dudley
URL:
http://www.insightcrime.org/investigations/guatemala-elites-and-organized-crime-series
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Easy Prey: Criminal Violence and Central American Migration. Latin American & Caribbean Report N° 57.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
28 July 2016
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/latin-america-caribbean/central-america/easy-prey-criminal-violence-and-central-american-migration
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Closed Doors. Mexico's Failure to Protect Central American Refugee and Migrant Children.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
31 March 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/03/31/closed-doors/mexicos-failure-protect-central-american-refugee-and-migrant-children
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
“What Is Behind the High Cost of Crime in the Northern Triangle? Recent Trends in Crime and Victimization.” The Costs of Crime and Violence: New Evidence and Insights in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Source:
Inter-American Development Bank
Date of Document:
February 2017
Author:
Rogelio Granguillhome Ochoa
URL:
https://publications.iadb.org/handle/11319/8133
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
We Struggle With Dignity: Victims' Participation in Transitional Justice in Guatemala
Date of Document:
May 2016
Author:
Denis Martinez et al.
URL:
http://www.impunitywatch.org/docs/Victim_participation_Guatemala.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Guatemala. The Indigenous World 2016.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2016
Editor:
Diana Vinding; Cæcilie Mikkelsen
URL:
http://www.iwgia.org/iwgia_files_publications_files/0740_THE_INDIGENOUS_ORLD_2016_final_eb.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
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