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Latest Update
Between 2003 and 2007, the programme provided compensation to 3,000 victims and their families. Since the election in January 2008 of President Álvaro Colom, members of whose family were killed in the war, the programme has stepped up its work, sending out 10,477 checks to victims within two years, some for long neglected claims [Washington Post | 6 May 2009]. Under Colom, victims have also received individual letters of apology as well as public apologies at ceremonies and in person from the president.
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Guatemala: National reparations programme
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NAME OF MECHANISM
National reparations programme
PERIOD OF OPERATION
2003 – present
MANDATE AND OPERATIONS
Mandate: Administered by the National Compensation Commission, which is under the government’s Peace Secretariat (SEPAZ), the reparations programme was established in 2003 to provide compensation, assistance, public and individual apologies and memorialisation projects to victims and their families. Among other measures, the programme currently provides compensation of up to US$5,200 to each victim, along with a brief counselling session, the construction of basic dwellings and agricultural or craft income-production schemes for communities [Eurasia Review | 10 May 2011].
Budget: US$13.3 million in 2011 [Eurasia Review | 10 May 2011].
RESOURCES
Peace Secretariat official website (in Spanish)
RESULTS
Between 2003 and 2007, the programme provided compensation to 3,000 victims and their families. Since the election in January 2008 of President Álvaro Colom, members of whose family were killed in the war, the programme has stepped up its work, sending out 10,477 checks to victims within two years, some for long neglected claims [Washington Post | 6 May 2009]. Under Colom, victims have also received individual letters of apology as well as public apologies at ceremonies and in person from the president.
While the programme is wide-ranging and progressive, the government has been accused of underfunding it and wasting available resources. According to the programme’s director, César Dávila, he requested a budget of US$28.8 million for 2011, but was granted less than half the amount largely due to pressure from opposition parties in government [Eurasia Review | 10 May 2011].
BACKGROUND
The reparations programme was established in 2003 in part as a response to the recommendations of the Commission for Historical Clarification. In addition to providing compensation to victims and their families, the programme is intended to maintain the memory of what happened in Guatemala during the 36-year violent conflict between government forces and guerrillas, particularly the genocide perpetrated against indigenous communities.
SOURCES
[Eurasia Review | 10 May 2011]
[Washington Post | 6 May 2009]