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Commenting on the extent to which the nature and magnitude of gender-related violence is reflected in official documents the PDH remarked "the topic has hardly been touched upon in state institutions. On 1 December 2005 another decapitated woman was found in a tunnel in Guatemala City. Underfunded, poorly trained and often outgunned, they are frequently incapable or unwilling to confront criminals and gain the public trust needed to build a state based on rule of law. The spent shells were reportedly never submitted as part of the investigation. Progress has been made, but achievements are fragile and easily reversed. 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. Police Reform in Guatemala: Obstacles and Opportunities, Curtain Falls on Guatemalas International Commission against Impunity. Judicial authorities do not collect disaggregated statistics for the number of sentences in cases of murdered women and girls, making it difficult to obtain an accurate picture of the number of successful prosecutions at a national level in cases of women killed and whether the number is increasing. Its remit includes law and order, national security, border control and prison services. She had been decapitated and her body cut up with a machete. Since 2007, the CICIG has supported corruption probes that resulted in the indictment of Guatemala's former president and vice president; the [] In November 2019, a gun battle broke out in the neighborhood of Zona 7 in Guatemala City between a patrol unit and the Police Inspector General's office. Guatemala Executive Summary The 25,000 members of the National Civil Police (PNC) are on the front lines of Guatemala's battle against crime. Child marriage. Gangs, in particular, single out informants . For those children who are in residential care, there have been different effects. "Impunity" is the issue relatives often refer to as being one of the major contributing factors to the deaths of their loved ones. Press reports, quoting the PNC, have consistently quoted 640 cases of murdered women during 2005. While there has been some progress in relation to gender-sensitive law reform, the persistence of discriminatory legislation continues to mean that many forms of gender-based violence against women in particular violence against women in the family and sexual harassment go undetected. (17) The Prosecutor's Office for Crimes against Life informed AI that during 2005 it secured 11convictions in cases of murdered women. See Fed. Level of coordination and quality of investigations, Collection of data on violence against women. Statistics also point towards an under-reporting of violence against women in the family, an important contributing factor to murders of women. In the case of Cristina Hernndez (see first page) the police failed to respond to the desperate pleas of her family despite neighbours having witnessed her abduction. According to the UNICEF, about 90 percent of domestic violence abuses are not reported (UN 28 Nov. 2011). 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. That Her bloodstained clothes, which may have contained evidence identifying her attackers, were handed back to the family and were buried together with her body. The U.S. offer came during a video call between U.S Vice President Kamala Harris and Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei. The alarming number of killings and lack of an effective government response has also caught the attention of the international community and prompted demonstrations across Latin America and hearings in the European Parliament and the US Congress. (4) Between 1 January 2006 and 5 May according to police statistics 229 women and girls were killed. 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. It also looked at the discrimination that lies at the heart of gender-based violence experienced by women in Guatemalan society and some of the laws, and investigative and judicial practices that perpetuate such discrimination. (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. 2630) which proposes the abolition of certain discriminatory provisions and the criminalization of other acts of violence against women, without further delay. The Public Ministry and Judiciary should sign the agreement in line with article 275 of the Guatemalan Constitution without further delay, to empower the PDH to monitor the investigation of cases of murdered women and girls by the Public Ministry. (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. However, police scholars have criticized . There is no single, fail-safe formula for reshaping an institution as complex as the police. In two municipalities outside Guatemala City, Villa Nueva and Mixco, activist mayors are trying to combat gangs and create stronger ties between the local communities and law enforcement. According to the PDH, "the difference is that in the case of women they make them suffer more before being killed."(16). Other basic lines of investigation were not pursued such as seeking witness statements at the hotel where "la mudita" worked. The Guatemalan government should state that gender-based violence is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. (41) See A Summary of Amnesty International's Concerns. There are also encouraging developments within the area of preventive or community-oriented policing. Guatemalans gathered in Plaza de la Constitucin in downtown Guatemala City, which has been renamed by feminist collectives as Plaza de las Nias in memory of the 41 girls who died inside a state-ran . 5 in Mixco, as after that I didn't feel like going. A number of relatives have also complained about having to prove that their family member was "respectable" or that she had not been involved in any crime before the authorities would take their complaint seriously. Relevant state institutions should coordinate their actions to ensure that these are fully implemented and appropriately assessed with agreed timelines and benchmarks. Victim's families that do undertake investigative efforts or press the state to pursue investigations are subject to threats, harassment, and attacks. GTM43453.FE - Guatemala: The process for acquiring citizenship; possibility of losing one's citizenship; possibility of reestablishing one's citizenship; whether a child under 10 years who leaves Guatemala without the authorization of a parent can lose his or her citizenship (2003-2005) - April 2005 (41) In May 2006 the Committee against Torture (CAT) published its concluding observations following the consideration of Guatemala's fourth periodic report. R. App. It also perpetuates violence against women and fosters a climate of impunity for crimes committed against women and girls. (9) It called on the Guatemalan government to: Immediate, coordinated, full and effective investigations into all cases of abduction and murder of women and girls, ensuring that international standards, in particular in relation to crime scene investigation and autopsies, are followed; Urgent search mechanisms in cases of women and girls reported missing as well as a comprehensive data collection system of women reported missing; The incorporation of a gender perspective into the analysis and treatment of violence against women in policing and judicial practice, including the introduction of standard guidelines and procedures to cover all stages of criminal investigations; Promotion of a campaign for zero tolerance of acts of violence against women and that those responsible, including members of the security forces and non-state actors, will be brought to justice; The removal of discriminatory legislation in line with international standards on violence against women. Petitioners are natives and citizens of Guatemala. A previous document from the same unit, however, stated that this figure was 665, of which 195 of the cases were termed as "non-violent" deaths. 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. 2012, 7). These contextual factors complicate the identification of neglect and raise a number of difficult dilemmas for child protection workers that are exacerbated by limited Guatemalan legislation on. 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. NCB Guatemala is part of Guatemala's national police - called Policia Nacional Civil - which is part of the Ministry of Interior. The association aims to eradicate all forms of violence and discrimination against indigenous women. Advocacy efforts involve engagement of communities, traditional and . Expectations have been raised, again and again, but results have rarely followed. 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. ), 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 . (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. 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. In 2006, Guatemala and the United Nations agreed to create the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), an independent investigatory body that helped convict more than. Police Use of Force. 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. When Police Repression is Not Enough: A U.S. The Government's fiscal stimulus to respond to the pandemic (equivalent to 3.3 percent of GDP) was swift in 2020 and focused on protecting the poor and vulnerable. Her case was set for an individual calendar hearing on August 24, 2016, at 9:00 am. As COVID-19 sweeps across the globe, doctors and other healthcare workers are witnessing limited availability of personal protective equipment (PPE), particularly appropriate masks, and being confronted by difficult situations that pit their desire to remain safe against their duty to help patients. (36) As noted by CEDAW in relation to the consideration of Guatemala's sixth periodic report, implementation of legal measures to protect women's rights and promote women's empowerment would not be easy as much of Guatemala's male-dominated Congress had been reluctant to approve draft legislation in that regard and that the existing imbalance among the three branches of the State, (which) results in the resistance to adopt and modify legislation aimed at protecting women's human rights. The ineptitude of the system results from lack of funding and training, low morale and corruption. Over the past three years, Guatemala has been pursuing a unique experiment to fight organized crime and government corruptionwith impressive results. Police officers transport the corpse of an inmate after a 'riot' at the Cantel men's prison in Quetzaltenango in western Guatemala. (24) Interview with Female Homicide Unit of the PNC, 6 April 2006. IECCP, 2005. But all too often citizens distrust and fear the police - widely dismissed as inefficient, corrupt and abusive - as much as the criminals. Clara Fabiola García subsequently died in hospital. 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. Congress suspended the latest budget bill following widespread protests against self-serving political elites. http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR340172005?open&of=ENG-GTM, #NoBanNoWall Protest Resources & Toolkits. 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. In the Indigenous communities of Guatemala hardest hit by Hurricane Eta's ruinous sweep through Central America, early response to the disaster has come in the form of self-help, amid claims that the slow pace of official assistance is just the latest example of neglect. She had reportedly been raped and strangled. (45) www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/C7F2A41A172BC438C125717D0056605A?opendocument. (33) Draft law no. 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. (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. 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). (18) As noted by the PDH no arrests were made in 97% of cases,(19) more than 70% of the cases have not been investigated and the motive for the killing is unknown. It began when George Zimmerman was found not guilty for shooting unarmed 17-year-old black boy, Trayvon Martin, on Feb, 26, 2012. Following the demonstration, several relatives were reportedly threatened in apparent reprisal for public calls for investigations into violence against women. The following morning their daughter's dead body was found dumped in a nearby river in Amatitln, her head covered with a black bag and her hands tied. (33) The opinion includes the proposal to criminalize violence against women in the family (violencia intrafamiliar), to remove the legal provision that it is only a criminal offence to have sexual relations with a minor as long as the victim is considered "honest" (una mujer honesta),(34) to abolish Article 200 which waives criminal responsibility for rape and certain other crimes of sexual violence (if the victim is more than 12 years old) upon the perpetrator's marriage with the victim and to extend the definition of rape, including by making marital rape a criminal offence. The police had noted that D.C. law prohibits anyone from carrying a firearm within 1,000 feet of any First Amendment activity. While the reactivation of investigations is a positive step, it is likely that critical evidence has been lost. Hundreds of corrupt or ineffective police officers, prosecutors, judges, and military officials have been investigated and dismissed. A series of arrests in Guatemala has brought down a criminal group made up of police officers working as drug dealers and hitmen, showing how the country has not been spared from the growing crisis of police criminality across the region. In some cases there have also been allegations of complicity by police investigators in covering up crimes or "misplacing" important evidence. Guatemala lacks a land registration system, creating an obstacle to landowners and paving the way for abuses, fraud, and illegalities (BTI 2016). (16) Interview with Sergio Morales, Guatemalan Human Rights Ombudsman, Violencia se ensaña con mujeres en Guatemala, La Nación, San José, Costa Rica, 4 April 2006. The cooperation and coordination between police investigators and public prosecutors should be strengthened to ensure immediate, coordinated and effective investigations into all cases of abduction and murder of women and girls. Local police may lack the resources to respond effectively to criminal incidents resulting in a low arrest and conviction rate. Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18, recruit children who do not attend school or lack adult supervision and protection. Rosa Franco talking to Amnesty International in April 2006. Amnesty International offers the following set of recommendations to complement and reinforce those previously made and those of other national and international experts. On receiving his sentence "Small" reportedly threatened Clara Fabiola García that she would pay for testifying against him. The main threat to young people in Guatemala is the high level of impunity for crimes against children and adolescents. 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. Despite increased technical resources given to crime scene investigation, the quality of investigations, including the collection and preservation of forensic evidence, continues to be woefully inadequate, with many reports of evidence being lost or damaged and the failure to follow leads. Efforts underway to improve the quality of criminal investigations and to improve the coordination and cooperation between state agencies should be fully coordinated and given sufficient political support and resources. (42) See CAT/C/GTM/CO/4, 18 May 2006, www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/docs/AdvanceVersions/CAT.C.GTM.CO.4.pdf. Considering the positive police response after the only undisputed report, 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 authorities were ab le and willing to protect petitioners. (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). Crímenes contra la Humanidad, November 2005, p97. These cases also appear not to be investigated effectively with press reports indicating that only four percent of cases end in criminal sentences. This adversely affects their physical health as well as the . Senator Tom Carper (D-Del. Officials that make unfounded public statements discrediting the serious nature of crimes committed against women should be dealt with appropriately. He has also promised to strengthen the police by adding thousands of recruits, while restarting stalled efforts to overhaul the institution. (25) Article 107 of the Procedural Penal Code establishes that the PUBLIC MINISTRY directs criminal investigations. Certain investigative units have demonstrated that the police can given the proper resources, training and supervision solve complex crimes. Two of the main suspects have reportedly consistently failed to respond to summons calling them to testify and are reportedly fugitives. (28) Amnesty International understands that both the Public Ministry and Judiciary are yet to formally respond to the PDH's request. deny the petition in part and otherwise dismiss it for lack of jurisdiction. In the case of 19-year-old university student Claudina Velsquez who was studying to become a lawyer, her dead body was found on 13 August 2005. Such attitudes coupled with the lack of genuine sanctions for officials who fail to take action to prevent violence against women continues to perpetuate the idea that female victims are to blame for their own deaths and that violence against women is acceptable rather than a violation of girls' and women's fundamental human rights. In common with some other Central American countries, Guatemala experiences high levels of violent crime. (32), Persistence of discriminatory legislation. Steps need to be taken to guarantee the independence, and availability of adequate human and financial resources of the recently established National Forensic Institute. She knows the police in Guatemala will not protect her. The. 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. Guatemala's police force is vastly over stretched In total, there are estimated to be as many as 150,000 private security guards in the country, compared with a police force of just 30,000.. Lack of protection for survivors of violence against women and girls in Central America Why do they flee? Between January and June 2005, 1,442 cases of violence against women in the family were registered in Guatemala but in only two murders of women during 2005 was the motive described as violence against women in the family. The murder rate for both men and women has continued to rise, with 23 % more murders in 2005 (5,338 murders) as compared to 2004 (4,346 murders) according to police figures, with 2005 figures representing the highest figures since the end of Guatemala's internal armed conflict (1960-1996). ** Convention Against Torture protection ("CAT"). One example of the manner in which family members are treated by government officials is the case of Rosa Franco, mother of María Isabel Franco, abducted and murdered in December 2001: August 2005 was the last time I went to the prosecutor's office no. (35) The draft law was first presented in March 2002. Such a system should also be used to measure the impact of any measures adopted by the Government to address violence against women and girls. (43) Nueve capturas por 90 feminicidios, Siglo XXI, 5 May 2006. Reporting gang activities to police puts a person in greater danger because it aggrevates the gang, challenges their authority, and shows disrespect. Subsequent calls to the delivery agencies established that no such parcel existed. According to relatives and an NGO supporting the case no effort has been made to locate them. The majority (23.8%) of cases classified as "solved" were "archivado" (cases where the Public Ministry desisted from the prosecution either because of alleged lack of collaboration from witnesses or family members, at the request of victims' families or due to lack of evidence), "dismissed" (desestimaciones y actos conclusorios) (8.4%), the suspects were cleared (2.6%) or the cases were provisionally closed (2%). Solution. The UN-sponsored Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) is providing training to both police and prosecutors. Official statistics continue to mask low prosecution rates. However, as the data is processed upwards, in order to arrive at wider departmental or national statistics of male and female homicide victims, the female victim will simply be one of those termed "death by gunshot wound". Her sister, also a sex worker, who witnessed the killing, reportedly informed the Public Ministry that two plain-clothed policemen shot her sister. The fact that these killings are not investigated exacerbates the suffering of family members seeking justice; furthermore, family members complain that during the investigative and judicial process the authorities discriminate on the grounds of gender."(42). U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, Senate Sergeant at Arms . The UN recommends that a country employ at least 222 police officers for every 100,000 residents. Guatemala City/Bogot/Brussels, 20 July 2012. Comisión de la Mujer del Congreso de la República. 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). (21) See Memoria de Labores 2005. In the absence of thorough investigations, various non governmental organizations (NGOs) and other groups have presented their own investigations and analysis regarding the reasons behind the killings. (38) A draft bill on sexual harassment in the workplace was sent to Congress in 2002. A more aggressive method must be implemented without delay as without a gender perspective the investigation into the killing of a woman is contaminated. In the face of chronic deficiencies in the investigation of cases of murdered women and girls, in April 2006 the PDH presented a proposal to the Public Ministry and Judiciary which would allow the PDH to oversee the investigation of cases of murdered women and girls throughout Guatemala. These "non-violent" deaths included 54 cases where the cause of death was unknown; 39 of the cases were death via suffocation through submersion. Guatemala has one of the highest homicide rates in the hemisphere, reaching 48 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2008. 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 . GUATEMALA CITY. 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. 2630, see www.congreso.gob.gt/gt/ver_iniciativa.asp?id=348. 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