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GERARDI MURDER TRIAL:

REPORT ON VISIT TO GUATEMALA

JUNE 3 – 9, 2001

TO LAWYER’S RIGHTS WATCH CANADA

BY JAMES TATE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MEETINGS

III. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP

  1. Organizmo Judicial
  2. Faculty of Law at the University of San Carlos
  3. Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala
  4. Centro para la Accion Legal en Derechos Humanos (CALDH)
  5. ODHAG and the Myrna Mack Foundation 
  6. Office of Violations against Justice System Workers
  7. Fiscales of the Ministerio Publico involved in the Gerardi Case

IV. OBSERVATION OF the gerardi case

  1. Background
  2. Chronology of Death Threats and Acts of Intimidation Documented in the Investigation and Trial of the Gerardi Case
  3. International Observers at the Gerardi Trial
  4. Closing Arguments of the Prosecution
  5. Closing arguments for the Defence 
  6. Final Statements of the Accused
  7. The Verdict
  8. Media Coverage

V. CONCLUSION

 

 

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