Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission

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The Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission was a truth commission established to investigate and report on human rights violations and acts of violence committed during Guatemala’s internal armed conflict.

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instanceOf commission of inquiry
truth commission
alsoKnownAs CEH NERFINISHED
Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico NERFINISHED
chairperson Christian Tomuschat NERFINISHED
characterizedViolenceAs acts of genocide against Maya groups
collected testimonies from victims and witnesses
conflictInvestigated Guatemalan civil war NERFINISHED
Guatemalan internal armed conflict NERFINISHED
country Guatemala
endTime 1999
establishedFor clarification of acts of violence during the Guatemalan civil war
investigation of human rights violations during the Guatemalan internal armed conflict
foundedBy Government of Guatemala NERFINISHED
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity NERFINISHED
United Nations NERFINISHED
foundMajorityResponsibility Guatemalan state forces and related paramilitary groups NERFINISHED
foundMinorityResponsibility Guatemalan guerrilla organizations NERFINISHED
hasGenre transitional justice mechanism
headquartersLocation Guatemala City NERFINISHED
identifiedVictimGroup Maya indigenous population NERFINISHED
languageOfWork Spanish
legalBasis Agreement on the Establishment of the Commission to Clarify Past Human Rights Violations and Acts of Violence NERFINISHED
Oslo Accord between the Government of Guatemala and the URNG NERFINISHED
mandate clarify human rights violations and acts of violence connected with the armed conflict
formulate recommendations to promote peace and national reconciliation
prepare a report with objective findings about the conflict
member Alfredo Balsells Tojo NERFINISHED
Otilia Lux de Cotí NERFINISHED
precededBy negotiated peace accords in Guatemala
recommended institutional reforms
measures to combat impunity
recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples
reparations for victims
reportedOn forced disappearances
human rights violations by insurgent forces
human rights violations by state forces
internal displacement
massacres of civilians
sexual violence
torture
reportPublicationDate 1999
reportTitle Guatemala: Memoria del Silencio NERFINISHED
sponsoredBy United Nations NERFINISHED
startTime 1994
supervisedBy United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala NERFINISHED
timePeriodInvestigatedEnd 1996
timePeriodInvestigatedStart 1960
usedMethod documentary research
field investigations

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Central American conflicts of the 1980s documentedBy Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission