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Resources

National Legislation against Enforced Disappearances. Guatemala view details>>

UNWGEID. Mission to Guatemala view details>>

Violencia e impunindad en las comunidades Mayas de Guatemala view details>>

Numbers and Context
UNWGEID Cases
3,155 cases reported, 156 clarified, 2,899 outstanding.
NGOs Numbers
The number of disappearances is in the region of 45,000 according to Projecto Desaparecidos or the family members organisation Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos de Guatemala
Context
The majority of the cases reported to the UNWGEID occurred in the context of the military regime and Government's fight against the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) in between 1979 and 1986. According to familiy member organisations or human rights NGOs like GAM (Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo), tenths of thousands of people from different backgrouds (students, unionists, farmers,...) all generally involved in left wing political activities (according to the state) were victims of enforced disappearances. This form of violation of human rights reached its pick in between 1978 and 1984.

Federations and Organisations
Organisation	Asociación de Familares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos de Guatemala (FAMDEGUA)
Website	www.guate.net/famdegua
Contact
Focus	Enforced Disappearances in Guatemala
Member of	Federación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos (FEDEFAM)

Organisation	Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM)
Website	www.gam.org.gt
Contact	e-mail: calanchina(at)gmail.com
Focus	Human rights in Guatemala

Organisation	Liga de Higiene Mental
Website
Contact
Focus	Children of the disappeared and disappeared children in Guatemala

Organisation	Liga de Higiene Mental
Website	http://www.ligatpr.org/index.htm
Contact	12 calle 9-35, zona 1 Edificio Ermita 4º nivel, Oficinas 41, 42, 43 y 45 Telefaxes: 2251 2625, 2232 6269, 2238 3739 e-mail: liga@ligatpr.org
Focus	Enforced Disappearances of Children in Guatemala