{"id":6335,"date":"2020-02-28T21:29:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T21:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cejil.z.actotal.net\/2020\/02\/28\/bolivia-must-allow-the-truth-be-revealed-about-human-rights-violations\/"},"modified":"2021-02-15T12:36:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T12:36:19","slug":"bolivia-must-allow-the-truth-be-revealed-about-human-rights-violations","status":"publish","type":"comunicado-de-prensa","link":"https:\/\/cejil.org\/en\/press-releases\/bolivia-must-allow-the-truth-be-revealed-about-human-rights-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolivia Must Allow the Truth Be Revealed About Human Rights Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buenos Aires, February 28, 2020.-<\/strong> On Friday, February 21, Bolivia\u2019s acting minister of justice, Alvaro Coimbra, announced that his government was vetoing two members of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), Patricia Tappat\u00e1 Valdez y Juan M\u00e9ndez, who are high-level technical professionals with respected track records defending human rights.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The GIEI was created on December 18, 2019, by an agreement between the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Bolivian government<\/a>, after a Commission visit confirmed the existence of human rights violations<\/a>. The mission of the Interdisciplinary Group is to support national institutions to investigate sanction, and provide reparations for victims of these violations, which occurred between September 1 and December 31, 2019, in the country. The first point of the agreement establishes that the GIEI will be \u201ccomposed of four people appointed by the IACHR.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This was not the first time that the Commission enacted this mechanism. The first GIEI was created in 2014 to support investigations into missing students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico. In 2018, a new GIEI collaborated in the investigation of acts of violence that occurred between April and May of that year, in Nicaragua. As in the current Bolivian case, both Interdisciplinary Groups arose from agreements between the Commission and host governments. The GIEI has been a fundamental tool in the region to respond to gross human rights  violations when, for different reasons, the State is unable to ensure the right to the truth, justice, and reparation of the direct victims and society.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Bolivian government’s move, a month after the formal announcement<\/a> of the expert groups\u2019 members, is inappropriate and fails to recognize the Inter-American Commission\u2019s autonomy as an independent oversight body. If successful, it can result in the obstruction, postponement or impediment of the start of the group’s work, in violation of the good faith agreement signed with the IACHR. Finally, it reveals a lack of commitment to the victims of serious human rights violations and clarification of the facts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Abogadas y Abogados para la Justicia y los Derechos Humanos, A.C. de Mexico<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Andean Information Network (Bolivia)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Asociaci\u00f3n Pro Derechos Humanos \u2013 APRPDEH (Per\u00fa)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Asociaci\u00f3n de Familiares Detenidos Desaparecidos y M\u00e1rtires por la Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional \u2013 ASOFAMD (Bolivia)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Bolivia.Plurinacional.CH (Suiza)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Centro de Documentaci\u00f3n en Derechos Humanos \u201cSegundo Montes Mozo S.J.\u201d (Ecuador)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales \u2013 CELS (Argentina)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional – CEJIL<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Centro de Pol\u00edticas P\u00fablicas y Derechos Humanos – Per\u00fa EQUIDAD<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Centro Regional de Derechos Humanos y Justica de G\u00e9nero: Corporaci\u00f3n Humanas (Chile)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Colectivo de Abogados Jos\u00e9 Alvear Restrepo (Colombia)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  12. Colectivo de Derechos Humanos Nicaragua Nunca M\u00e1s<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  13. Comisi\u00f3n Colombiana de Juristas<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  14. Comisi\u00f3n Ecum\u00e9nica de Derechos Humanos (Ecuador)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  15. Comisi\u00f3n Mexicana de Defensa y Promoci\u00f3n de los Derechos Humanos<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  16. Comit\u00e9 de Am\u00e9rica Latina y El Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de las Mujeres, CLADEM<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  17. Comit\u00e9 de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  18. Conectas Direitos Humanos (Brasil)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  19. Convergencia por los Derechos Humanos – CAFCA, CALDH, CIIDH, ECAP, ICCPG, ODHAG, SEDEM, UDEFEGUA, UNAMG (Guatemala)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  20. Corporaci\u00f3n Jur\u00eddica Libertad (Colombia)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  21. Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n Drogas y Derechos Humanos (Per\u00fa)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  22. Defensa de Ni\u00f1as y Ni\u00f1os \u2013 Internacional – DNI Costa Rica<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  23. Equipo de Reflexi\u00f3n, Investigaci\u00f3n y Comunicaci\u00f3n – Compa\u00f1\u00eda de Jes\u00fas en Honduras<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  24. EarthRights International<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  25. FUNDAR Centro de An\u00e1lisis e Investigaci\u00f3n (M\u00e9xico)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  26. INSGENAR, Instituto de Genero, Derecho y Desarrollo de Rosario (Argentina)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  27. Instituto Vladimir Herzog (Brasil)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  28. International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights (Estados Unidos)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  29. Intercambios Asociaci\u00f3n Civil (Argentina)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  30. International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School (Estados Unidos)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  31. Observatorio Ciudadano (Chile)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  32. Organizaci\u00f3n Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  33. Paz y Esperanza (Per\u00fa)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  34. Proyecto de Derechos Econ\u00f3micos, Sociales y Culturales – ProDESC (M\u00e9xico)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  35. Proyecto sobre Organizaci\u00f3n, Desarrollo, Educaci\u00f3n e Investigaci\u00f3n \u2013 PODER (M\u00e9xico)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  36. Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales – R3D (M\u00e9xico)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  37. Red por los Derechos de la Infancia en M\u00e9xico \u2013 REDIM<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  38. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (Estados Unidos)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  39. Terra de Direitos (Brasil)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  40. Washington Office on Latin America \u2013 WOLA (Estados Unidos)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Former members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Carlos Ayala Corao<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Former President, IACHR<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. Florent\u00edn Mel\u00e9ndez<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Former President, IACHR<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

        Former Rapporteur of the IACHR on Bolivia<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. James Cavallaro<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Former President, IACHR<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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          1. Robert Goldman<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Former President, IACHR<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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            1. Paulo Vannuchi<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Former Commissioner, IACHR<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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              1. Rosa Mar\u00eda Ortiz<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Former Commissioner, IACHR<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                1. Tracy Robinson<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Former Commissioner, IACHR<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                  1. Victor Abramovich<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Former Commissioner, IACHR<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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