Human rights in Guatemala under scrutiny by UN

Headline Title: Human rights in Guatemala under scrutiny by UN 16 March 2012 Recent progress on justice for crimes of the past must be matched with action on current abuses if human rights are to be a reality in Guatemala, Amnesty International said ahead of the country’s appearance in front of a UN human rights body. The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee in New York will evaluate Guatemala’s human rights performance on 19 and 20 March. Amnesty International presented the Committee with a shadow report looking at some of the main human rights issues facing people in the…

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