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(20) The lack of physical or scientific evidence to back up witness testimony means that if cases reach the courts suspects are often acquitted for lack of evidence. Using the army to fight crime, however, further demoralises and weakens the police, especially when the militarys role is poorly defined. While the PNC collects statistics on complaints of rape, information as to whether the victim experienced sexual violence prior to being killed is not processed, except in cases where the cause of death was the rape itself (which occurred in one case during 2005). Then my brother-in-law went to the homicide department; and they said nothing could be done. On May 24, 2020, a 34-year-old Guatemalan man was the second detainee to die from COVID-19 in ICE custody. (5) Many of the murders have been characterised by exceptional brutality, with many victims subjected to sexual violence, mutilation and dismemberment. Amnesty International considers that the state's failure to respond appropriately and effectively to emergency calls or reports of missing women engages its responsibility for their subsequent murders. Neighbours witnessed the abduction and immediately alerted her father who later related: I borrowed a car from a neighbour and my son and I tried to chase them in the car. Her parents called the police immediately as the car drove slowly down the hill towards the main road, but were reportedly told that without more details the police could not take action. Father of Claudina Velsquez Paíz. This lack of action is at least partially because the defenders themselves are hesitant to report violence perpetrated against them, so the problem remains invisible. (44) See Urgent Action, AI Index AMR 34/017/2006, 8 June 2006. Recommendations, including by the UN and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, to address the range of serious failings and shortcomings in relation to the killing of women and girls were first made to the Guatemalan authorities several years ago. 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. (7) As of June 2006, of the over six hundred cases of women reported murdered in 2005, to Amnesty International's knowledge, only two convictions had taken place. 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. Since then, he has deployed troops to help patrol high-crime areas, reinforced the military in border regions to fight drug trafficking and declared a state of siege to quell a local protest. (7) The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Yakin Ertürk, visited Guatemala in February 2004 and issued her subsequent observations and recommendations in February 2005 (see E/CN.4/2005/72/Add.3). Without strong and consistent backing from the national government, business, civil society and the international community, the lessons learned from these pilot projects may be lost before they can be perfected and replicated. Country Summary: Violent crime such as extortion, murder, armed robbery, carjacking, narcotics trafficking and gang activity are common in Guatemala. 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. "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. 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 called on the Guatemalan government to: take without delay all the measures necessary to put an end to the murders and disappearances of women and the impunity of perpetrators. Serious deficiencies were reported in relation to the effectiveness of the investigation. In Guatemala, the justice system is increasingly losing credibility, as evidence emerges that the courts have been co-opted by organized crime, drug trafficking, and corruption networks. Child marriage. This report considers developments over the last year and makes a number of recommendations on issues that require urgent attention. Nonetheless, there are steps that the government, with international backing, should undertake to ensure that the PNC becomes a professional force capable of investigating and preventing the crime that threatens Guatemalan democracy. (14), According to research carried out by the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office (Procuradoría de Derechos Humanos PDH) in the majority (80%) of cases of murdered men they are killed using fire arms with no intimate physical contact between the victim and the perpetrator. Download the PDF Statement Here The study, Global and Regional Trends in Women's Legal Protection Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Harassment, also found that close to 1.4 billion women lack legal protection against domestic economic violence. The remaining four cases are cases from outside the department of Guatemala. (37) See www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2006/wom1559.doc.htm and www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/cedaw35/cc/Guatemala_rev.pdf. Obligations towards victims and their families. (5) The women's organization Sobrevivientes (Survivors) puts the figure at 243 based on press reports and visits to the city's central morgue. (15) Many victims are raped, tortured or mutilated before being killed. Still, the country experienced one of the smallest GDP contractions in 2020 in LAC (-1.8 percent compared to a regional average of -6.7 percent). 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. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2005, numerous families took part in demonstrations in the capital, calling on the authorities to put an end to the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators of violence against women. 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. Solution. (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). Police are often also entrusted with various licensing and regulatory activities. Comisión de la Mujer del Congreso de la República. The government of President Otto Prez Molina must reboot and revitalise police reform, as part of an overall effort to strengthen justice and law enforcement, with financial support from the U.S. and other countries interested in preventing Guatemala from becoming a haven for organised crime. Of particular importance is the tendency to discredit the victims by placing the blame for their deaths on their conduct or background. (21) See Memoria de Labores 2005. On receiving his sentence "Small" reportedly threatened Clara Fabiola García that she would pay for testifying against him. Intense gang warfare continues to plague El Salvador, undeterred by successive governments' heavy-handed and militarised repression policies. In December 2005, Article 200 was temporarily suspended, after the PDH challenged its constitutionality. Level of coordination and quality of investigations, Collection of data on violence against women. Unlike the murders of men, however, in cases of women, the gender of the woman is a determining factor in the motive of the crime, the way women are killed (female victims often suffering exceptional brutality before being killed including rape, mutilation and dismemberment), and the way in which the authorities respond to the case. Hundreds of corrupt or ineffective police officers, prosecutors, judges, and military officials have been investigated and dismissed. (9) www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/cedaw35/cc/Guatemala_rev.pdf, (10) Based on a population of 12 million, cited in United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, 2005. She had been decapitated and her body cut up with a machete. Rates of crime in Guatemala are very high. Insecurity and inequality prevail, and a history of failed opportunities has created disenchantment in a population eager for change. GUATEMALA In Guatemala, organized crime has been a problem for decades. Informe de muertes violentas de mujeres, PDH, 2005. In the United Kingdom, for example, doctors . ** Convention Against Torture protection ("CAT"). Petitioners are natives and citizens of Guatemala. It is critical (determinante) in the questions witnesses and family members are asked, in the way the investigation is carried out and in the position in which the victim is found as a victim or as the instigator of her own death."(31), According to information received by Amnesty International forensic specialists receive no training in relation to the documentation of sexual violence and it is not common practice for forensic experts to refer to international standards on the practice of forensic investigation which includes specific information not only on carrying out effective forensic investigations but also how to detect and investigate cases of sexual violence. The response by police authorities to reports of missing women or girls, including cases where there are witnesses to their abduction, continues to be inadequate. 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. (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. Continued lack of effective protection measures means that in many cases survivors of gender-based violence, their families and witnesses are too afraid to give testimony. Expectations have been raised, again and again, but results have rarely followed. The Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights visited Guatemala in September 2004 and issued recommendations following her visit (see www.cidh.org/women/20.04.htm). 2 United States,8 explaining that the majority have suffered some type of human right violation.9 These violations mainly correspond to poverty, ethnic and gender discrimination, and generalized violence,10 and Guatemalan children usually leave the country as a direct result of combined factors like deprivation of basic social rights, violence, and family Then after two hours of searching everywhere I went back to the police station to see if they had any newsthey claimed I hadn't reported anything and so they'd done nothing. Acts of harassment and intimidation against relatives of murdered girls and women, witnesses or members of organizations who support them should be thoroughly investigated and the perpetrators bought to justice. Telephone interview with police investigador, 16 May 2006. (see www.congreso.gob.gt/uploadimg/documentos/n1652.pdf); Anlisis del Feminicidio en Guatemala. ), 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 . She had been beheaded and her body cut into 19 pieces. P. 34(a)(2). The continued vulnerability of women and girls reported missing is also symptomatic of the failure to recognize the killings as a public security issue and to undertake measures to ensure an immediate response to cases where women and girls are in immediate danger. While the creation of the Commission needs to be viewed positively, it is unclear how another institutional structure will improve the government response and overcome issues of duplication and official incompetence. To Amnesty International's knowledge no steps have been taken to change the perception that many women are in some way to blame for their own deaths or to sanction officials that make such statements. Soon after Cristina's murder, in fear for their safety, the family went into hiding where they remain at the time of writing. The spent shells were reportedly never submitted as part of the investigation. 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. (13) Many of the concerns expressed in this report apply equally to the failure to adequately investigate murders whether of men or women. (2) Interview with father of Cristina Hernndez, BBC This World documentary, Killer's Paradise.. (3) AI Index: AMR 34/017/2005, see http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR340172005?open&of=ENG-GTM. Certain investigative units have demonstrated that the police can given the proper resources, training and supervision solve complex crimes. (25) As noted by the International Commission of Jurists one of the main flaws in the criminal investigation is the lack of institutional coordination between the Public Ministry and the PNC. Concern was also expressed over the tendency of the authorities to blame the victims rather than focusing resources on investigating and prosecuting the perpetrators of the killings. This makes it harder in the long run to build the competent civilian forces needed to enforce the law under stable, democratic regimes. Failure to take into account gender-based violence suffered by victims has contributed to the inadequate response of the state. While Amnesty International was informed that talks are underway within the Commission to Address Femicide to create a database which would record and cross-reference cases of disappeared women and girls with the discovery of dead bodies, at the time of writing no such mechanism existed. For example, on 5 June 2006 both the offices of the Women's Sector (Sector de Mujeres), a group of non-governmental women's organizations, and the National Union of Guatemalan Women (Unión Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas) were broken into. While individual autopsy reports may include information as to whether the victim had suffered sexual violence prior to being killed, this information is lost in official statistics from the Forensic Investigation Service. 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. (18) Cases of Maria A. López Camas and Suly Niseyda Leonardo and Maria C. Menchu Tacan. The U.S. offer came during a video call between U.S Vice President Kamala Harris and Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei. Similarly, neighbours also witnessed the abduction of 18-year-old student Paola Ninet Gil Escobar, by four men in a green car with no number plates and tinted windows close to her home in the municipality of Amatitln on the outskirts of Guatemala City on 28 March 2006. While the reactivation of investigations is a positive step, it is likely that critical evidence has been lost. (8) See Resolución del Parlamento Europeo sobre Guatemala, P6_TA-PROV(2005)0304, 7 July 2005, See www.acnur.org/biblioteca/pdf/3643.pdf. A multinational investigation involving the United States . KCA sued the national police in domestic courts for more protection. Since the launch of the report No protection, no justice Rosa Franco, mother of María Isabel Franco, has reported experiencing increased acts of harassment and intimidation, including unidentified individuals coming to her home and work place and anonymous calls in which the caller told her that she and her children were going to die. For example, tests on the principal suspects, to ascertain if they had fired a gun, were not carried out. (23) See Policía Nacional Civil busca investigadores, El Periodico, 6 January 2006. At least seven inmates . Press reports, quoting the PNC, have consistently quoted 640 cases of murdered women during 2005. Human Rights Ombudsman's Office. The main threat to young people in Guatemala is the high level of impunity for crimes against children and adolescents. 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 . Relevant state institutions should coordinate their actions to ensure that these are fully implemented and appropriately assessed with agreed timelines and benchmarks. On 8 March 2006, three Congressional Commissions issued a joint favourable opinion to a draft amendment which proposes the reform of the Guatemalan Penal Code in relation to violence against women. Since the death of his daughter, Claudina's father had repeatedly visited the Public Ministry, suggested lines of investigation and even carried out independent inquiries. While different state bodies and non-governmental organizations present different statistics, all statisticts indicate that the number of women killed since the launch of No Protection, no Justice has increased. On 25 November 2005 the government announced the creation of the Comisión para el Abordaje del Femicidio, the National Commission to Address Femicide, which aims to develop a diagnostic of the situation from a government perspective and improve coordination between state institutions responsible for the prevention, investigation and prosecution of killings of women and girls. The law requires officers to hold at least a high school degree, but they often had much less, and some individuals had as little as six months of police training before being sent out on the streets. In common with some other Central American countries, Guatemala experiences high levels of violent crime. (17) At the time of writing, only two cases of killings in 2005 had resulted in convictions. GUATEMALA CITY (AP) The United States agreed Monday to train members of a Guatemalan task force responsible for protecting the country's borders and putting a brake on uncontrolled migration. (32) Interview with head of the Central morgue, 5 April 2006. 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 . (45) www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/C7F2A41A172BC438C125717D0056605A?opendocument. Published by Teresa Romero , Jun 14, 2022. Poor pay and a lack of training have led to lawbreaking by police, including thefts and extortions. Fear of reprisals and lack of available protection were quoted by both the PNC and Public Ministry as one of the main reasons why investigations were archived. He has also promised to strengthen the police by adding thousands of recruits, while restarting stalled efforts to overhaul the institution. [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 . But these efforts are dependent on the financial aid and political backing of donors. Guatemala has one of the highest homicide rates in the hemisphere, reaching 48 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2008. These functions are known as policing. The report was reviewed by The New . (32), Persistence of discriminatory legislation. Nearly one year on, and despite the existence of critical leads, including witnesses and a potential suspect no further investigations have been carried out. 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". Her sister, also a sex worker, who witnessed the killing, reportedly informed the Public Ministry that two plain-clothed policemen shot her sister. Registering property is less time-consuming and less costly compared to regional averages ( DB 2016 ). A more aggressive method must be implemented without delay as without a gender perspective the investigation into the killing of a woman is contaminated. NCB Guatemala is part of Guatemala's national police - called Policia Nacional Civil - which is part of the Ministry of Interior. Pending the final decision as to the legal validity of the Article, in cases of rape of minors (over 12 years old), criminal responsibility cannot be waived with the marriage of the rape victim and her rapist. Guatemala City/Bogot/Brussels, 20 July 2012. In a survey carried out in 2021, around 13 percent of respondents in Ecuador said that they had been asked or had to pay a bribe in interactions with . But all too often citizens distrust and fear the police - widely dismissed as inefficient, corrupt and abusive - as much as the criminals. For decades, the process of electing the highest authorities in the justice system has been riddled with illegalities, weakening the institutions that comprise it. According to the information the IACHR has received, the lack of protection of indigenous territorial rights in Guatemala is characterized by a failure to recognize indigenous lands; the lack of a property registry or cadastre system that recognizes ancestral territories and makes it possible to protect the lands that belong to indigenous . 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 initiatives in Villa Nueva and Mixco rely on local politicians whose successors may not share their commitment. Fight injustice and help create a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. 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 Some projects may provide templates for broader institutional change. 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. Then I went to San Juan police station and begged the police to try to stop their car. There are also encouraging developments within the area of preventive or community-oriented policing. The CGRS director notes that many women do not report domestic violence due to a lack of "confidence in the justice system to provide protection and a just result," as well as lack of economic opportunities and shelters (24 Apr. 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. (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. This coverage helped highlight all the shootings that were happening by the police. After Cristina Hernndez was murdered in July 2005, her family went into hiding in fear for their safety after they were intimidated. In October 2005 a hearing was held in the US Congress on the killings of women in Guatemala, during which the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women of the Inter-American Commission spoke as did Guatemalan representatives. Other basic lines of investigation were not pursued such as seeking witness statements at the hotel where "la mudita" worked. 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. 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