Inter-American Court to hold public hearing on disappeared Guatemalan Human Rights Defenders
Retrieved on:
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA, Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hold a public hearing at 9:30 a.m. CST on October 11 on the case of Pérez Lucas et al. v. Guatemala, the four human rights defenders forcibly disappeared by the Guatemalan Army in 1989 whose whereabouts continue to be unknown.
Key Points:
- Case of four forcibly disappeared human rights defenders litigated by RFK Human Rights, CERJ
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA, Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hold a public hearing at 9:30 a.m. CST on October 11 on the case of Pérez Lucas et al. - v. Guatemala , the four human rights defenders forcibly disappeared by the Guatemalan Army in 1989 whose whereabouts continue to be unknown.
- During the hearing, the Court will receive the testimony of Pedro Mateo, the son of Nicolas Mateo, one of the four defenders who were forcibly disappeared.
- "34 years after the Army abducted and disappeared these brave human rights defenders, their families will finally be heard," said Kerry Kennedy, President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.