José Manuel Martínez
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2019-041-009
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2019
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 15.783471
Longitude: -90.2307589999999
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Guatemala
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- Assistant Secretary-General
- Dates of prior UN action
- 25 April 2019
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
of “Justicia Ya.”; connected to an “antejuicio” request they filed in January 2019 against magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice
- Type of rights defended
- Accountability & impunity
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
(presumably) collaboration with CICIG
- Engagement with UN body
- CICIG
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Other
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- late March 2019
- Reprisal information
subject of a criminal complaint filed in late March 2019 by the President of the Supreme Court of Justice connected to an “antejuicio” request they filed in January 2019 against magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice.
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Government response dates
- 23 April 2019; 24 June 2019
- Government response content
On 23 April 2019, the Government responded to the communication of 30 January 2019, including to the allegations related to CICIG 77 whose presence in the country, according to the Government, created pressures or interests alien to the rule of law. Thus, after the UN Secretary-General decided not to remove Commissioner Mr. Ivan Velasquez, the Government decided not to extend the agreement establishing the CICIG. According to the Government, the CICIG was not part of the UN. It became a failed experiment in the fight against corruption and impunity with a legacy that divided society and was highly detrimental to the rule of law.
On 24 June 2019, the Government responded with detailed (confidential) information about the latest security assessment and protection measures provided to those individuals mentioned above, as well as on complaints received.
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0