Guatemala

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Overview

The mandate of the Office in Guatemala covers promotion and protection of human rights, advice and technical assistance to the Government, other state institutions and civil society, and monitoring of and reporting on the human rights situation in the country. Read more >

News & Statements

Latest news

28 Aug 2024

Special Procedures

UN experts raise the alarm on terrible conditions in which news publisher, José Rubén Zamora, is being detained in Guatemala

12 Jul 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN Human Rights Chief to conduct official visit to Guatemala from 16 to 19 July

09 Jul 2024

Special Procedures

Guatemala: Expert calls on Nominating Commissions to ensure transparent and merit-based procedure to appoint apex courts

30 May 2024

Treaty bodies

UN Child Rights Committee publishes findings on Bhutan, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Guatemala, Mali, Namibia, Paraguay and Panama

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Latest statements & messages

07 Nov 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Türk urges progress on investigating killings of LGBTIQ+ people

19 Jul 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk concludes official visit to Guatemala

01 Mar 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

High Commissioner presents updates on human rights in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Cyprus and Sri Lanka

05 Jan 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on continued persecution of justice officials in Guatemala

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Featured Stories

A man and three women hold candles in their hands
20 August 2024 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Resilience and dynamism will advance human rights in Guatemala

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk shared his impressions after his official visit to Guatemala.
Women of the Caravana de Madres Centroamericanas (Caravan of Central American Mothers) hold up photos of missing migrants. © REUTERS/Edgard Garrid
02 February 2024 Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

Relatives of disappeared migrants seek answers and justice

Every year, thousands of migrants die or disappear attempting the hazardous trip to the U.S.-Mexico border. UN Human Rights works with civil society organizations and families to support the search for loved ones and their access to justice.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/55/21: Situation of human rights in Guatemala - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/52/23: Situation of human rights in Guatemala - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRS/49/20: Situation of human rights in Guatemala - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/43/3/ADD.1: Situation of human rights in Guatemala - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/40/3/Add.1: Activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Guatemala - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/37/3/Add.1: Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the Office of the High Commissioner in Guatemala

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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/39/17/Add.3: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples on her visit to Guatemala

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CEDAW/C/GTM/CO/10: Concluding observations on the tenth periodic report of Guatemala

E/C.12/GTM/CO/4: Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Guatemala

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Concluding observations on the combined sixteenth and seventeenth periodic reports of Guatemala - Advance unedited version

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families - Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Guatemala

Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Guatemala

Human Rights Committee: Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Guatemala

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

Note: OHCHR is not responsible for the content of external links.

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Americas Section
Tel. + 41 22 917 92 48

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Guatemala

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