La tortura en Guatemala
Subtitle: prácticas del pasado y tendencias actuales
By: Equipo de Estudios Comunitarios y Acción Psicosocial, ECAP
Edition: 1. ed.
Publisher: Equipo de Estudios Comunitarios y Acción Psicosocial - ECAP; F & G Editores
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Guatemala, Centro América
Language: spa
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9789929809604
Subjects: Torture; State-sponsored terrorism; History; Torture victims
Description: The purpose of this report is not the quantification of the frequency of acts of torture, but a deeper analysis of the phenomenon in Guatemala. The report analyzes the continuities and changes in motivations, means, objectives, victims and perpetrators of torture. Focuses on the time of the internal armed conflict (1960-1996), and 2006-2007, taking into account the historical construction of the phenomenon of torture throughout time and history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213).
Table of contents: title: Contextos y dinámica posibilitadoras de la tortura; title: Marco legal y conceptual de la tortura; title: Prácticas y tendencias actuales de la tortura en Guatemala; title: Análisis de cambios y continuidades; title: El caso de San Martín Jilotepeque; title: Doña Juana Méndez: tortura sexual contra mujer en centro de detención; title: Conclusiones y recomendaciones.