THE REACTIVATION OF REQUEST TO LIFT IMMUNITY OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT MAGISTRATES THREATENS RESPECT FOR JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN GUATEMALA

March 11, 2021

Guatemala City, San Jose, Washington DC, March 11, 2021.  The international human rights organizations subscribed below express our concern about the most recent request to lift the immunity of Constitutional Court (CC) magistrates Gloria Porras and Francisco De Mata Vela.   The petition threatens the independence of the judiciary and violates an earlier decision by the CC. 

 

Read the full statement here