‘Guatemala’s Defense Chief Thinks He Can Clean Up the Army — and Keep Trump Happy’ @yuliramazzini @elfaroenglish@_elfaro_ featured in #GSN https://t.co/A4AKkOYvVD
‘Guatemala: New Attorney General appointed, Porras’ disastrous tenure ended’ Marlies Stappers and Denis Martinez @ImpunityWatchGt@ImpunityWatch featured by #GSN https://t.co/nwiXYBMuL3
Lots of work to do in the next few weeks and a big challenge ahead! 🇵🇸🇵🇸
What Govt have announced today is essentially a partial ban on trade with the illegal Israeli settlements. Seeking to ban the import of physical goods like fruit and vegetables, shamefully stolen from Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank, is important and necessary and was included in my original legislation. But it's not enough. It omits the majority of Irish trade, in intangible services like tech and IT, which would greatly undermines the scope of the legislation. Govt still haven’t given any coherent, detailed justification for this. We need to see that in the Dáil urgently.
Last year, the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee spent weeks listening to officials and legal experts on this issue, and voted unanimously, including Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil members, that the ban should be comprehensive and include all trade, both goods and services. That is the standard set in the original Occupied Territories Bill which I tabled, and it’s what the International Court of Justice has clearly said is required under international law. It’s deeply disappointing that the Govt seems to be disregarding this, but it’s not too late for them to do what’s necessary. When the Bill finally hits the floor of the Dáil in the coming weeks I will be working with all opposition parties to table amendments to include services. That has been my clear position since 2018 and I'll do everything in my power to make it happen.
‘Guatemala’s Attorney General Selection: A Critical Test for the Rule of Law and U.S. Engagement’ @AniMendezD@WOLA_org featured in #GSN https://t.co/gwVN5iPgHP
‘Forum: La Puya’s Victory and the Challenges of International Arbitration’ La Resistencia Pacífica La Puya, @NISGUA_Guate, @IPS_DC, el Bufete Jurídico de Derechos Humanos, @Earthworks featured in #GSN https://t.co/hRChcrzO5x
‘Guatemala at a New Institutional Crossroads: Local Elections and the Future of the Justice System’ @JSandoval1982@GHRCUSA featured by #GSN https://t.co/WrQpxNshSo
“No defenders, no climate justice.” 🌍🚫
PBI UK Director @BenLeather1 explains why protecting environmental defenders is the missing piece of the climate puzzle.
Read more: https://t.co/cVBDuNZaD9
#ClimateJustice#HumanRights
PBI-Guatemala attends the official presentation of the Guatemalan government's new public policy for the protection of human rights defenders. During 2022 and 2023, there were about 9,000 attacks against human rights defenders in Guatemala: https://t.co/PHYzjjKiYX #PBIaccompanies
Urgent Action: Ramon Cadena jailed in Guatemala!
Criminalization & lawfare used by Guatemala’s corrupt “traditional elites” to control institutions of State & Govt
Solidarity w/ Ramon Cadena!
More info & to support the human rights lawyer & jurist:
https://t.co/lXlVRY25kx
In Guatemala, the TZK’AT Network of Ancestral Healers is transforming the way communities defend themselves — through healing.
Supported by PBI, the network has reached more than 1,000 women.
Find out more about our work 👉 https://t.co/lnkAcVqldp
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