Rebecca Tran, May 10, 2011: Guatemala’s Crippled Peace Process: A Look Back on the 1996 Peace Accords

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2. Guatemala Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH). April 10 2011. Report available at http://shr.aaas.org/guatemala/ceh/report/english/toc.html

3. Guatemala Const. Art.280

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5. “Guatemala cumple 11 años de paz sin que causas de la guerra desaparezcan” April 6, 2011. http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/nacionales/4817

6. Final Report of MINUGUA on Fulfillment of the Peace Accords in Guatemala, Guatemala, 30 August 2004, §61; Report of the Secretary General, United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala, General Assembly, Doc A/58/262, 58th Session, 08 August 2003, §34; Report of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) for the Consultative Group Meeting for Guatemala, Guatemala, p. 20-21.

7. U.N. Human Rights Council. Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General
on the situation of human rights defenders, Hina Jilani. 16 February 2009 Report available at http://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/documents/854/1481/document/en/pdf/text.pdf

8. “Two ways of looking at Guatemala's violent death statistics.” April 7, 2011. http://www.latinnews.com/ldb/LDB22676.asp?instance=1&search=guatemala

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11. Briscoe, Ivan. “The Proliferation of the 'Parallel State.'” April 20, 2011. http://www.gsdrc.org/go/display&type=Document&id=3180