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Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review: Highlights in 2023
15.04.2024 - (Last modified: 16.04.2024)
Fresh accusations made against Erwin Sperisen in Guatemala
05.11.2018 - (Last modified: 09.11.2018)
Prosecutors on the Front Line: A Q&A with Terry Beitner of the Canadian War Crimes Unit
02.10.2018 - (Last modified: 20.12.2018)
Guatemala: the justice system at risk
07.09.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
Former Guatemalan chief of police Erwin Sperisen guilty of participating in extrajudici...
27.04.2018
Sperisen case: Federal Tribunal confirms extrajudiciary executions
12.07.2017 - (Last modified: 18.07.2017)
Carlos Vielman’s acquittal a worrying signal
15.03.2017 - (Last modified: 12.09.2019)
Erwin Sperisen
16.05.2016 - (Last modified: 07.04.2021)
While Erwin Sperisen was Chief of the National Civil Police (PNC) in Guatemala, numerous crimes were committed by the security forces. In October 2005, after a number of inmates had escaped from Infiernito prison, Mr Sperisen and his colleagues implemented the “Plan Gavilán”, the aim of which was to track down and execute the escapees and then to cover up the crime. T...
Confirmation of Erwin Sperisen’s conviction: a victory for the fight against impunity
12.05.2015 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
Geneva’s justice system has condemned Erwin Sperisen for 10 murders. The former Guatemalan Chief of Police was found guilty of extrajudicial murders and sentenced to life imprisonment. For the NGOs that denounced his actions, justice has now been done and this case will stand as an example in the continuing fight against impunity for State crimes.
On 12 May 2015...