It is inadmissible that, nine days after the arrest of attorney Claudia González Orellana, on the day of the first statement hearing, the case brought against her was declared under reserve, thus violating the guarantees of due process by unjustifiably failing to comply with the principle of publicity which, as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has pointed out, “has the function of proscribing the secret administration of justice, submitting it to the scrutiny of the parties and the public and is related to the need for transparency and impartiality of the decisions taken”.
We call for the immediate release of Claudia González Orellana and for the State of Guatemala to comply with its international human rights obligations, to respect due process and to guarantee the integrity of this human rights lawyer.
SIGNATORIES:
- Acción Solidaria
- ACI PARTICIPA: Asociación para una CIUDADANIA PARTICIPATIVA
- American Jewish World Service (AJWS)
- Amnesty International
- Article 19 Oficina para México y Centroamérica
- Citizen Articulation Transparency and Justice (ACTJ)
- Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos – APRODEH
- Be Just
- Cadena Derechos Humanos Honduras (CADEHO)
- Women’s Rights Center, CDM
- Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center
- Centro de Documentación en Derechos Humanos “Segundo Montes Mozo S.J.” (CSMM)
- Center for the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and their Families (CPTRT)
- Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
- Centro Regional de Derechos Humanos y Justicia de Género – Corporación Humanas Chile
- Civilis Derechos Humanos
- Colectivo de Abogados y Abogadas “José Alvear Restrepo” (CAJAR)
- Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH)
- Cross Border Network
- Demus Estudio para la defensa de los derechos de la mujer
- Disonancias Radio
- Elige Red de Jóvenes por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos A.C.
- Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación y Comunicación (ERIC-SJ)
- Equipo Jurídico por los Derechos Humanos
- Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF)
- Fundación para la Justicia y el Estado Democrático de Derecho (FJEDD)
- Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA (GHRC)
- Honduras Delegation
- Impunity Watch
- Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders
- Legal Defense Institute – IDL
- International Service for Human Rights
- Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
- LASCWM
- Latin America Caribbean Working Group of Mass Peace Action
- Latín America Task Force of Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice
- Latin American Working Group (LAWG)
- Mujeres Libres COLEM AC
- Oficina Ecuménica por la Paz y la Justicia
- Organización Ayudamos Honduras
- Protection International Mesoamerica
- Red COMAL
- Red Rompe el Miedo Guatemala
- Red Solidaria de Derechos Humanos
- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
- Tejiendo Redes Infancia en América Latina y el Caribe
- Women’s Link Worldwide