In September 2013, the Council of Mayan and Xinka Peoples filed a petition against Guatemala before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for systemic violation of the collective rights of indigenous peoples in Guatemala. This petition was filed in response to the Constitutional Court’s 2013 decision, dismissing an action brought by Guatemala’s Western Peoples’Continue reading “2013 IACHR Petition filed by Council of Mayan and Xinka Peoples [Escobal]”
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2013- IACHR Petition filed by Council of Mayan and Xinka Peoples [Cerro Blanco]
In September 2013, the Council of Mayan and Xinka Peoples filed a petition against Guatemala before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for systemic violation of the collective rights of indigenous peoples in Guatemala. This petition was filed in response to the Constitutional Court’s 2013 decision, dismissing an action brought by Guatemala’s Western Peoples’Continue reading “2013- IACHR Petition filed by Council of Mayan and Xinka Peoples [Cerro Blanco]”
