NISGUA
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The Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) is a U.S.
-based human rights
NGO that was created in 1981 with the intention of fighting for human rights in Guatemala
. With offices in Oakland, CA and in Guatemala City
, NISGUA works to coordinate local grassroots campaigns on both sides in the interest of improving the lives of those people who are oppressed in Guatemala. The Report on Guatemala (RoG) is NISGUA's quarterly publication that provides a voice on Guatemalan issues.
organizations across the world. In the case of NISGUA, accompaniment involves the placement of volunteers in communities that were directly affected by Guatemala's 36-year internal war
, in order to discourage further human rights violations. Volunteers live and work side-by-side with victims of the violence, and especially with men and women who are pursuing legal action against former oppressors. Guatemala has a history of violence against human rights workers, which the accompaniers are supposed to help discourage.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-based human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
NGO that was created in 1981 with the intention of fighting for human rights in Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
. With offices in Oakland, CA and in Guatemala City
Guatemala City
Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...
, NISGUA works to coordinate local grassroots campaigns on both sides in the interest of improving the lives of those people who are oppressed in Guatemala. The Report on Guatemala (RoG) is NISGUA's quarterly publication that provides a voice on Guatemalan issues.
Guatemalan Accompaniment Project (G.A.P)
Accompaniment is a non-violent, peaceful tool used by human rightsHuman rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
organizations across the world. In the case of NISGUA, accompaniment involves the placement of volunteers in communities that were directly affected by Guatemala's 36-year internal war
Guatemalan Civil War
The Guatemalan Civil War ran from 1960-1996. The thirty-six-year civil war began as a grassroots, popular response to the rightist and military usurpation of civil government , and the President's disrespect for the human and civil rights of the majority of the population...
, in order to discourage further human rights violations. Volunteers live and work side-by-side with victims of the violence, and especially with men and women who are pursuing legal action against former oppressors. Guatemala has a history of violence against human rights workers, which the accompaniers are supposed to help discourage.