Guatemala, November 13, 2009.
IACHR concludes its 137th Session.
At the end of the last period of sessions of the year of its 50th anniversary, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHRC) of the Organization of American States (OAS) noted that serious obstacles persist in the region for the effective enjoyment of political, civil, economic, social and cultural rights by the people of the Americas.
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Dates: November 06
Hour: 8:00 a.m. Guatemala / 9:00 a.m. Washington
Guatemala, November 6, 2009. Today, CICIG Commissioner Carlos Castresana Fernández, in a General Hearing before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IAHRC) of the OAS in Washington, presented a report on CICIG's two years of activity in Guatemala under the Agreement between the United Nations and the Government of the Republic of Guatemala.
CICIG considered it pertinent to present this report to the IAHRC to emphasize the great importance the creators of the Commission attach to the respect, implementation and observation of human rights. The report focuses on four essential points:
- Background of the creation of CICIG in Guatemala.
- Some of the criminal investigations and cases in which CICIG is providing support to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
- Information about the legal reform proposals made by CICIG to the Congress of the Republic.
- CICIG’s participation in the election process for Supreme and Appellate Court Judges.
CICIG submitted a written report on these four themes to the Honourable Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, for its respective transmission to the State of Guatemala, whose representatives participated in the hearing.
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The Republic of Guatemala, a mountainous country that lies in the Central American isthmus, has an estimated population of 13 million people.
