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Titolo |
Guatemala : human rights and the Myrna Mack case / / Torsten Wiesel and Carol Corillon, editors ; Committee on Human Rights, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies |
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Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2003 |
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9780309182638 |
0309182638 |
9780309507851 |
0309507855 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WieselTorsten |
CorillonCarol |
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Soggetti |
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Human rights - Guatemala |
Trials (Assassination) - Guatemala |
Criminal justice, Administration of - Guatemala |
Scientists - Civil rights - Guatemala |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- REPORT OF THE 2002 MISSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIXES -- A. Committee on Human Rights Description -- B. "Justice Against All Odds," Rachel Garst -- C. Meetings and Events Attended by Mission Delegates -- D. Death Threat -- E. Statement by the Myrna Mack Foundation. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Two members of the Committee on Human Rights (CHR), NAS member Mary Jane West-Eberhard and NAS/NAE member Morton Panish, undertook a mission to Guatemala to observe the trial of two high-level Guatemalan military officials who were charged with ordering the murder of Guatemalan anthropologist Myrna Mack. She was stabbed to death in 1990, two days after a report for which she was principal researcher, "Assistance and Control: Policies Toward Internally Displaced Populations in Guatemala," was published by the Georgetown University Press. Ms. Mack had been doing research on and writing |
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about the unjust treatment of the internally displaced people in Guatemala. Thirteen years after Ms. Mack's murder-after the case had gone through dozens of courts and countless delays-a general and colonel in the Guatemalan military intelligence apparatus were brought to trial, and one was convicted. This marked the first time in Guatemalan history that a high-level military official had been brought to justice for atrocities he committed during Guatemala's 30-year civil war. This report summarizes the one-month trial proceedings. |
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