Human Rights in Guatemala Collection

Period 1969, 1979-1988
Total size   5.6 m.
Consultation Not restricted

History

From 1954 Guatemala was ruled by an oppressive regime backed by the military; the political and social deadlock and the discrimination of the native part of the population were attended with harsh repression of oppositional movements; the human rights situation deteriorated seriously and revolutionary groups were countered with military force; in 1986 a civil government came into power, aiming at an amelioration of the situation.

Content

Documents collected by Pieter van Nistelrooy for research purposes. Printed material and photocopies of articles on political life, guerilla warfare and human rights in Guatemala; press releases and bulletins, including El Día Internacional, from news agencies and other organizations including the Centro Intercultural de Documentación (CIDOC), Enfoprensa, Excelsior and the Informationsdienst für Guatemala; printed material and bulletins of various organizations including the Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala (CDHG), Frente Democrático Contra la Represión Guatemala, Guatemala Komitee Nederland, Organización del Pueblo en Armas (ORPA), Representación Unitaria de la Oposición Guatemalteca (RUOG), Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG); file on the Fourth International Russell Tribunal on the rights of the native peoples of the Americas 1980; file on a tribunal on Guatemala in Madrid 1983; file on human rights in Guatemala and on the position of the church c. 1981-1984; file on women in Guatemala 1984-1985; a few documents relating to other Central-American countries; press clippings.

Finding aid

Superscriptions on a part of the collection.