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AN APPEAL FOR THE SETTING UP OF AN INTERNATIONAL COURT
TO JUDGE BOTH THE INSTIGATORS AND THE PERPETRATORS OF GENOCIDE AND OTHER CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN GUATEMALA.

Taking into consideration that :

-the Commission for an Historical Explanation of Events (C.E.H.), set up under a U.N. directive, dealing with peace treaties between guerillas (URNG) and the Guatemalan government has proved without a shadow of a doubt (in a document presented in Guatemala City on 25/2/99), that during the civil war in Guatemala genocide and crimes against humanity were committed, causing the death of more than 200,000 people (the majority of whom were civilians from the Maya population),

-the C.E.H. has documented the direct involvement in crimes against humanity by Guatemalan government agents and paramilitary groups controlled by the government,

-the documentation proves the responsibility of foreign governments, e.g. the U.S.A.
(through the C.I.A.) by supporting the actions of the Guatemalan government.

-the resolution voted by the European Parliament in June of this year, (following the declaration of the President of the European Parliament (26/4/2000) regarding the situation in Guatemala; in which the Guatemalan government was asked to pursue, try and punish those responsible for crimes against humanity) has had no concrete results,

-the statute of the International Penal Court clearly commits the International Community (17/7/98) to defend Human Rights and persecute those who are responsible of crimes against humanity, particularly where national governments have proven to be inadequate,

-in May 1993 an International Penal Court was established (by a directive from the U.N. Security Council) to investigate crimes committed against humanity during the civil war in ex.Yugoslavia since 1991,

WE LAUNCH AN APPEAL TO THE :

- United Nations General Assembly
- United Nations Security Council

asking for firm action, to enable us to pass from theoretic declarations of principles to concrete initiatives focusing on the interests of humanity, rather than those of the Superpowers; and in a short period of time to set up an INTERNATIONAL COURT DEALING WITH CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST HUMANITY IN GUATEMALA.

Dear G. C.,

I was very glad to learn of your initiative, and would be glad to support it. I would only suggest that if the effort succeeds, care be taken to keep Western crimes -- those of the US and its clients -- in the center of attention, where they belong. The great moral flaw of the Yugoslavia Tribunal is that it utterly exempts the West, even for exactly the same crimes for which people in the Balkans are condemned and sentenced. There is a very good article about this by Balkans specialist Robert Hayden, coming out in the Cleveland State Law Review; and other work as well. In the case of Guatemala, Western complicity is far more significant, and if it is evaded, the Tribunal will discredit itself.

Noam Chomsky

(Mi ha fatto molto piacere conoscere la vostra iniziativa e sarei lieto di appoggiarla. Vorrei solo suggerire che, nel caso lo sforzo ottenga risultati positivi, si faccia in modo di focalizzare l'attenzione sui crimini dell'Occidente, cioè degli Stati Uniti e dei suoi clienti. Il grande limite morale del tribunale per la Iugoslavia è che esso non si occupa affatto delle responsabilità dell'Occidente, anche per quegli stessi crimini per i quali nei Balcani la gente è giudicata e condannata. Su questo argomento c'è un ottimo articolo di uno specialista della questione balcanica, Robert Hayden, che uscirà nella Cleveland State Law Review, e vi sono anche altri lavori. Nel caso del Guatemala, la complicità occidentale è ancora più grave e se si tralascia questo aspetto il Tribunale ne risulterà necessariamente discreditato.
Noam Chomsky)

Adesioni al 10. 9. 2001

REDAZIONE "IL GRANDEVETRO", Pisa
REDAZIONE "IL PONTE", Firenze
REDAZIONE "TESTIMONIANZE", Firenze
REDAZIONE "GUERRE & PACE", Milano
REDAZIONE "NonSoloContro", Torino
LEGA INTERNAZIONALE PER I DIRITTI E LA LIBERAZIONE DEI POPOLI, Roma
Associazione BERRETTI BIANCHI , Montecarlo (Lucca)
RSU del NUOVO PIGNONE G.E. di Firenze
RSU FRIGOR-BOX Srl (Scandiano, RE)
COMUNITA' DELL'ISOLOTTO, Firenze
CIRCOLO DI POLITICA E CULTURA "IL FILO ROSSO", Firenze
CIRCOLO CULTURALE " AGORA' ", Pisa
Associazione culturale "PAROLE &MUSICA", Borgaro T.se (TO)
TELMO PIEVANI, caporedattore di PLURIVERSO
DANIELE BARBIERI, redazione di "CARTA" (Il manifesto), Roma
AURA MARINA ARRIOLA, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia de México
MARIANO TURIGLIATTO, Sindaco di Grugliasco (TO)

DARIO FO, premio Nobel                         CLAUDIO MAGRIS
NOAM CHOMSKY                                    VINCENZO CONSOLO
DOMENICO GALLO                                MANLIO DINUCCI
PIO BALDELLI                                         CARLO BIASINI
FRANCO BARTOLINI                              DARIO PACCINO
CESARE BERMANI                                 FRANCA RAME
MIRELLA BONGIOVANNI                     FRANCO RUSSO
BRUNO   BORGHI                                  ANDREA GORINI
PIERRE CARNITI                                   SEBASTIANO TIMPANARO
PAOLO CENTO                                      GIOVANNI GOZZINI
GIOVANNI COMMARE                         ANTONIO LA PENNA
MASSIMO CONSOLI                             EUGENIO MELANDRI
SIMONETTA CRISCI                             GIOVANNA LOMBARDI
CARLO DAMI                                         FABIO MARCELLI
CLAUDIO DEL BELLO                         SIMONETTA MASSARONI
ENZO FILOSA                                        GIORGIO VAN STRATEN
MARIA TUMMOLO                                CAMILLA CAPPUCCINI
MARIA MILAZZO                                   FRANCO GROSSO
GIOVANNA BERTOLDI                         ROSSANA CALTERI
GIOVANNI LENZI                                  MARIO LENZI
DANIELA TASSELLI LENZI                 RENATO SIMONI
MARIA LUISA LENZI                             ALAIN BICHON
ROMANO LUPERINI                            GRAZIANA PANACCIONE
DOMENICO MILANI                             BENIAMINO DEIDDA
ETTORE SQUILLACE                           FRANCESCA ALFANO
MARIA BILENCHI                                MAURO GADDI
RAFFAELLO BURNAZZI                     SIMONETTA AICARDI
CHIARA SOMMAVILLA                       SEVERINO SACCARDI
SIMONE SILIANI                                  ENZO MAZZI
LUCIANO ARDESI                                GIUSI PROVINO
PIERO PADOVANI                               PIETRO CATALDI
ROBERTO GRILLANDA                        PIERO CALZA CITA
LAURA CAIOLA
ASSOCIAZIONE "TRANSAFRICA-SVILUPPO"
COMITATO DI SOLIDARIETA' CON IL NICARAGUA, FIRENZE SUD

APPRENDIAMO: Instituto de Estudios Políticos, Económicos y Sociales
Unidad de Información y Análisis

Reporte Diario de análisis de tendencias

Guatemala, miércoles, 25 de abril de 2001 - Núm. 072

DERECHOS HUMANOS

Demandan Justicia

La Premio Novel de la Paz 1992, Rigoberta Menchú, quien mantiene una demanda contra el general retirado Efraín Ríos Montt, presidente del Congreso y a quien acusa de genocidio en Guatemala; demandó ayer "un tribunal ad hoc, que juzgue los delitos de lesa humanidad cometidos en América Latina, tal como se ha hecho en la ex Yugoslavia o Ruanda.

Menchú, declaró que: "En Guatemala, donde han habido 200 mil muertos o desaparecidos, lo más importante para nosotros es no perder las evidencias del genocidio", para que se castigue a sus responsables. Sin embargo aseguró que eso no se alcanzará en Guatemala. Indicó además: "tenemos preparadas 52 querellas, pero no vamos a presenta ninguna de ellas en Guatemala, porque ahí desaparecen las pruebas, se secuestra a los expedientes, se persigue a los testigos y, por ello, hacerlo supondría, realmente, poner en riesgo a toda la gente".

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