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Caribbean & Central America - June 2013 (ISSN 1741-4458)
GUATEMALA: Historic verdict overturned
Hopes generated by the historic conviction of former dictator, Efraín Ríos Montt (1982-1983), for genocide and crimes against humanity perpetrated during Guatemala’s 1960-1996 civil war [RC-13-05] have proven premature. Ten days after the 10 May ruling, the constitutional court (CC) overturned the verdict, citing the fact that the various legal challenges presented by the defence awaited resolution. International human rights organisations like the US-based Washington Office on Latin America (Wola) slammed the CC’s decision as the result not of legitimate legal procedure, but rather the latest instance of the time honoured practice of ‘litigio malicioso’ (malicious litigation-unethical legal tactics), arguing that through tactics like the excessive use of ‘amparos’ (constitutional challenges), the defence had used “the legal system to defeat justice”.
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