Former BTS Interns working with our partners at the Mesoamerican Permaculture Institute, the New Hope Foundation, and the Rabinal Community Legal Clinic. Apply to be a BTS Intern Applications for the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation’s (ACIC) International Youth Internship Program will open in early February — and BTS [...]
Leocadio Juracán released on bail but the struggle for justice continues Leocadio with his lawyers on August 18th following the trial in Izabal. Photo credit: CCDA Last Wednesday, August 13th, 2025, Leocadio Juracán, campesino activist and agrarian reform coordinator for the Campesino Committee of the Highlands (CCDA), was [...]
Cooperant update: A Meditation on Justice and Memory in Rabinal By: Marina Luro, Rabinal Community Legal Clinic Cooperant Since arriving at the Rabinal Community Legal Clinic (ABJP), I have frequently reflected on what justice means. In Canadian law schools, and I imagine law schools in most of the Global North, [...]
BTS Intern, Cristi at her "despedida lunch" with the team at the Rabinal Community Legal Clinic (ABJP). Intern update: Finding Justice, Learning Peace. As I transition back to life in Canada after finishing my placement at the Rabinal Community Legal Clinic (ABJP), memories of people, places, and events [...]
Xinka Parliament (PAPXIGUA): “In the name of life, land and water—the resistance continues." Press release: SANTA ROSA, GT, June 8, 2025 — Today, we commemorate eight years of peaceful resistance by the Xinka People here in Casillas to the Escobal mining project located in San Rafael Las Flores and operated [...]
Maya Achi women come together outside the courthouse. After more than 40 years of struggle, Maya Achí women achieve justice On May 30th, 2025, the Maya Achí women of Rabinal presented themselves for the last time at the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City to hear the [...]
An offering to the respected fire and to the ancestors: Honouring the lives of those who came before us By Javier Every March 13th, in the area called Pak’oxom in the community of Río Negro, community members, students, activists, spiritual leaders known as Ajq’ijab’, and elders gather to commemorate the [...]
Río Negro Presente: Honouring the lives of family members lost at the hands of the state By: Cristina Jerez, Rabinal Community Legal Clinic Intern On March 13 1982, the Guatemalan army and Civil Defense Patrollers (PAC) murdered 177 innocent people from the community of Río Negro. 43 years later, the [...]
Unpacking the role of the PAC in the Maya Achí Women's case On January 28, 2025, Maya Achí women survivors went to Guatemala City to demand that three ex-civil defense patrolmen (PAC) be held accountable for crimes against humanity, including sexual violence, committed against them during the Internal Armed Conflict. [...]
Maya Achí Women's case continues with witness testimonies On January 28, 2025, Maya Achí women survivors went to Guatemala City to demand that three ex-civil defense patrolmen (PAC) be held accountable for crimes against humanity, including sexual violence, committed against them during the Internal Armed Conflict. The trial is scheduled [...]
