Thursday, July 27, 2006

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appeal is accepted the English jurisdiction to hear some of the facts claimed and, following an injunction in 2005, was extended to crimes of genocide and terrorism. In this context there was the visit of Judge Pedraz to Guatemala, Guatemalan colleague to conduct any investigation of statements from witnesses and defendants, as a result of a request previously accepted by this country. The result is known: Pedraz had returned after eight days because the judge failed to Guatemala, Alvarez, to conduct the proceedings. This ended up justifying the arrest warrant on July 7.

is not the intention of the article discussing whether or not defendants are responsible and the extent of such responsibility: this is a matter of trial and function of the juzgadores, if it prospers. The idea is to discuss some arguments in the media during the visit of Pedraz. The first appeals to nationalism argues epidermal foreign interference, through phrases such as: independence was consummated in 1821 (to be thought that the English judge would conduct the proceedings and not Guatemala). Another sought to delegitimize Pedraz, sowing doubt about his alleged political affiliation (favorable to the terrorist group ETA), regardless of whether the trial is six years in Spain, with ups and downs. No shortage of arguments about the political motivations (AVEMILGUA), forgetting that their motivation for starting processes are one thing (and may be political and therefore not distorting it), but other trials areProvided that there are crimes, judges comply with the law and ensuring due process.

The basic argument focused on who should not start trials abroad, they had courts in the country. And that is also the main argument of those who resorted to the English justice: the ineffectiveness of national. How can we demand others to trust the Guatemalan justice system, if the daily flood of media violence ignored, and how many cases committed during the civil war have been resolved, regardless of who is guilty? Justice and public must balance the real inequalities and ensure everyone the same opportunities. But in underdeveloped societies with weak states, the depth. How would the Chilean lawyer Eduardo Noboa (in the opinion given by an eminent lawyer Guatemala) "Justice is precarious, only judge the weak and fear the strong," therefore, "Criminal law is only for the poor." In Guatemala, the main defense strategy is not to argue the merits, but to prevent the trial there, which explains the use of universal jurisdiction. Would expect if the warrant has only a symbolic or allow the trial forward.

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