Scientists and human rights in Guatemala [[electronic resource] ] : report of a delegation

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455151403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1992
• ISBN: 1-280-19617-3; 9786610196173; 0-309-58499-X; 0-585-08591-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (80 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.4/97281
• Soggetti: Human rights - Guatemala; Civil rights - Guatemala; Scientists - Civil rights - Guatemala; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: At head of title: National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Human Rights; Institute of Medicine, Committee on Health and Human Rights.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Sommario/riassunto: "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 problems in the country. Informative and well written"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.