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GUTIERREZ, MARTHA LILIANA. Post-Transitional Justice in Guatemala: The Role of the Judges in Human Rights Protection. Rev. cienc. polít. (Santiago) [online]. 2015, vol.35, n.2, pp.347-370. ISSN 0718-090X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-090X2015000200005.

Assuming that, beyond the decisions taken by political elites, the Judiciary can influence the transitional process, this work aims to explore and explain the role of Guatemalan High Courts in the prosecution of Human Rights violations and crimes committed during the armed conflict. In order to analyze this issue, we carry out a qualitative comparative analysis on decisions from High Courts in Guatemala. We examine how these institutions have ruled the cases that have come to them, the possible causes of their decisions and the potential impact of those verdicts to the whole of trials and violations reported by different Truth Commissions.

Palabras clave : Post-transitional justice; human rights; High Courts; Guatemala.

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