Sep 1, 1992
Guatemala ha sufrido y sufre todavfa uno de los peores maies que conoce nuestra civilizacion y que en otros tiempos de la historia ha asumido aun formas mucho mas terribles, como es la discrimination.Discrimination en este caso ejercida contra su poblaciôn indigena, que ni siquiera constituye una minorfa -lo que también serfa inhumano- sino la mayoria de quienes habitan este suelo. Discriminacion negativa y abandono en funciôn del origen étnico, del color de la piel, de los rasgos fisicos.
Guatemala-indigenous groups-workshop report-1992-spa (download full report in PDF)
Sep 1, 1992
Guatemala ha sufrido y sufre todavfa uno de los peores maies que conoce nuestra civilizacion y que en otros tiempos de la historia ha asumido aun formas mucho mas terribles, como es la discrimination.
Aug 21, 1992 | News
Judges and lawyers in Colombia work in a dangerous profession, says a report issued today by the ICJ, which documents 515 cases of violence against Colombian lawyers and judges between 1979 and 1991. More than half of the victims, 278 jurists, were murdered.<
Jul 1, 1992
La realidad colombiana, caracterizada entre otras por una violencia política de vieja data, tiene en sus jueces y abogados un sector particularmente victimizado, lo que ha determinado que administrar justicia o ejercer la abogacía sean profesiones peligrosas.
La presente investigación realizada por la Comisión Andina de Juristas Seccional Colombiana y auspiciada por la Comisión Internacional de Juristas, que tiene por objeto analizar trece años de hechos de violencia contra jueces y abogados en razón del ejercicio de su profesión (1979-1991), muestra un panorama nada alentador sobre la independencia del poder judicial y la protección de los profesionales del derecho en Colombia.
Colombia-violence against judges and lawyers-thematic report-1992-spa (Informe en español, PDF)
Jul 1, 1992
Colombian reality, characterized by long-standing political violence, among other types of violence, has a particularly victimized sector in its judges an d lawyers; this has led to the administration of justice or the practice of law as dangerous professions.
The purpose of the following investigation carried out by the “Comisión Andina de Juristas Seccional Colombiana” (Andean Commission of Jurists Colombian Section) and sponsored by the ICJ, is to analyze thirteen years of violent acts against judges and lawyers which are the result of the exercising of their profession (1979-1991). It shows a dismaying panorama concerning the independence of the judicial power and the protection of legal professionals in Colombia.
The thirteen years covered by the study are a perfect general view of Colombia during the last decade. The violence encouraged by the government as well as that perpetrated by paramilitary groups, drug-traffickers and guerrilla groups appears throughout the period covered by the study, as does the manifest impunity of the acts carried out by them . The efforts encouraged by the State to stop this atmosphere of anguish have not been effective enough, nor can they be considered respectful of human rights.
The remarkable number of cases registered, the combination of different factors and motives for violence that are briefly described in the research report, the types of violence, and even the particularities in the consummation of the deed show the complexity of Colombia’s case. This complexity, which can not be assimilated as a state of confusion, has created an atmosphere of resignation that has not promoted integrated responses, but rather temporary, short-term ones to the problem of violence in Colombia.
The study is based upon a substantial collection of statistical data, which are also reproduced in the report.
Colombia-violence against judges and lawyers-thematic report-1992-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Colombia-violence against judges and lawyers-thematic report-1992-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
