UN rights body rules Guatemala failed displaced Mayan Peoples

Gino Segura receives recognition from the Grand Maya Council for his work in defense of the cultural heritage Felipe Carrillo Puerto, May 2 (InZoom.Mx). – In the heart of the Mayan area, and in the framework of the festivities in honor of the Virgin of the Conception, Senator Gino Segura was distinguished by the Great Maya Council for his impulse to an initiative presented in the Senate of the Republic, with which he seeks to protect the collect…

The UN Human Rights Committee declared on Thursday that Guatemala is internationally responsible for failing to comply with resettlement agreements and other reparation measures with communities of the Mayan people. These obligations were derived from commitments made 14 years ago. The committee concluded that Guatemala never implemented the agreed measures. These included the construction of housing as a form of compensation for the K’iche’, Ix…

On Thursday, the UN Human Rights Committee declared the authorities of Guatemala internationally responsible for failing to comply with the resettlement agreements and other reparation measures it had reached with communities of the Mayan people 14 years ago.

UN rights body rules Guatemala failed displaced Mayan Peoples

The UN Human Rights Committee has found that Guatemala did not follow through on promises to resettle and compensate Mayan Peoples who remain forcibly displaced.

The UN Human Rights Committee* has found Guatemala responsible for failing to implement resettlement agreements and other reparation measures reached with members of the K'iche' Maya, Ixil Maya, and Kaqchikel Maya peoples due to their continued forced displacement. The 269 members of these peoples who were forcibly displaced from their communities during operations […]

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