Centre for Human Rights Legal Action,CALDH

CALDH has had its headquarters in the capital since 1994. It receives reports of human rights violations, directing investigations into the cases and pushing for access to justice. One of its main areas of work is seeking justice in genocide cases and other crimes committed during the internal armed conflict.

We have accompanied CALDH workers on several occasions between 2004 and 2006. In February 2007, members of the legal team received direct threats. That same month, José Roberto Morales Sic, Coordinator of CALDH’s Rights for Indigenous Peoples Programme, was the victim of kidnapping by two armed men who threatened to kill him. At that point we began to accompany him on a regular basis. In February 2009, we began to observe some of the organisation’s other activities.  This came following an increase in threats and security risks because of its active role in the truth process, the recuperation of historical memory and the release of classified military archives relating to its actions during the internal armed conflict.