10. Guatemala (Madrid, 27-31 January 1983)
At the request of the Comisión de los derechos humanos de Guatemala, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held a session on Guatemala in Madrid from 27 to 31 January 1983, one year after General Efraín Ríos Montt’s coup d’état. The proceedings revealed the military regime’s shift towards authoritarianism, the suspension of constitutional rights, and the systematic…