Scientists and Human Rights in Guatemala : Report of a Delegation.

Scientists and Human Rights in Guatemala : Report of a Delegation.

"Report on the Committee on Human Rights of the National Academy of Sciences and the Committee on Health and Human Rights of the Institute of Medicine, recording a trip made to Guatemala in 1992 that investigated the murder of anthropologist Myra Mack and focused attention on human rights probl...

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Main Author: Staff, Institute of Medicine
Other Authors: Staff, National Academy of Sciences
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1900.
Subjects:
Human rights > Guatemala.
Civil rights > Guatemala.
Scientists > Civil rights > Guatemala.
Civil rights
Human rights
Scientists > Civil rights
Guatemala
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Table of Contents:
  • ""SCIENTISTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN GUATEMALA""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Guatemala, An Overview""; ""CIVILIAN GOVERNMENTS""; ""A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE""; ""The Conflict""; ""Universities, Professors, and Students""; ""Disappearances""; ""The Myrna Mack Case""; ""THE COMMITTEES' WORK IN GUATEMALA""; ""VISIT TO GUATEMALA, JUNE 1991""; ""The 1992 Mission""; ""TERMS OF REFERENCE""; ""GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVES""; ""The Mack Case""; ""Disappearances and Political Killings""; ""The Police and the Armed Forces""; ""Judicial System Officials""; ""Ministry of Public Health""
  • ""Office of the Ombudsman for Human Rights""""Presidential Coordinating Committee on Human Rights Policies""; ""UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS""; ""University of San Carlos""; ""Association for the Advancement of the Social Sciences""; ""SERVICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS""; ""National Coordinating Committee of Guatemalan Widows""; ""Human Rights Office of the Archdiocese""; ""Christian Children's Fund""; ""Behrhorst Foundation""; ""Findings and Conclusions""; ""THE GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT""; ""NONGOVERNMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS EFFORTS""; ""INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT""
  • ""POLITICAL KILLINGS AND DISAPPEARANCES""""THE CASE OF MYRNA MACK""; ""SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH""; ""Appendix A The Committees ""; ""COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS""; ""COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS""; ""Appendix B Cases in Guatemala ""; ""CASES PRESENTED ON MISSION""; ""Political Killings""; ""Disappearances""; ""ADDITIONAL CASES IN GUATEMALA""; ""Political Killings""; ""Disappearances""; ""Threats""; ""Other Human Rights Abuses""; ""Appendix C Members of the Delegation ""; ""Appendix D Guatemalan Judicial Procedure and the Mack Case ""; ""INITIAL INVESTIGATION""
  • ""The preparatory or ''sumario'' phase""""the intermediate or ""abre a juicio"" phase""; ""the accusatory phase""; ""the appellate process""

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