human rights defender
Claudia González Orellana
Actions and Campaigns
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Claudia González Orellana
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Organization affiliation
- Comisión Internacional contra la Impunidad en Guatemala (CICIG)
HRD's year of birth
1968
HRD's Gender
Woman
Type of HRD
- Lawyer
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Fight against corruption
- Fight against impunity
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
Released on bail
HRD's bio and work
Claudia González is a lawyer and human rights defender with 25 years of professional experience in the field of law, justice and human rights advocacy. She worked at the Human Rights Office of the Archbishopric of Guatemala (ODHAG), the Institute for Comparative Studies in Criminal Sciences of Guatemala (ICCPG), the Myrna Mack Foundation, the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) and the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). In 2023 she was awarded the Lawyers for Lawyers prize in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. That same year, she was arbitrarily sent to the Mariscal Zavala military detention centre in Guatemala City, after being arrested on 28 August, accused of abuse of authority. The arrest followed a search of her home. She was released after 82 days on 17 November.
Detained since
Aug 28, 2023
Date of release
Nov 17, 2023
Charge(s)
- Other
Latitude: 14.636179849763245
Longitude: -90.47886550426485
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
Location of detention - City/Town
Ciudad de Guatemala
Location of detention - Facility
Mariscal Zabala
Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
Despite the fact that article 9 of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala states that the interrogation must be held within 24 hours, in the case of the lawyer and defender of D.D.H.H. Claudia González, a malicious delay was observed, as the hearing corresponding to this procedure was suspended on several occasions.
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- HRD's year of birth
- 1968
- HRD's Gender
- Woman
- Type of HRD
- Lawyer
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Fight against corruption
- Fight against impunity
- Organization affiliation
- Comisión Internacional contra la Impunidad en Guatemala (CICIG)
- HRD's Picture
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- Prensa Comunitaria
- HRD's bio and work
Claudia González is a lawyer and human rights defender with 25 years of professional experience in the field of law, justice and human rights advocacy. She worked at the Human Rights Office of the Archbishopric of Guatemala (ODHAG), the Institute for Comparative Studies in Criminal Sciences of Guatemala (ICCPG), the Myrna Mack Foundation, the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) and the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). In 2023 she was awarded the Lawyers for Lawyers prize in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. That same year, she was arbitrarily sent to the Mariscal Zavala military detention centre in Guatemala City, after being arrested on 28 August, accused of abuse of authority. The arrest followed a search of her home. She was released after 82 days on 17 November.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Ciudad de Guatemala
- Location of detention - Facility
- Mariscal Zabala
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 14.636179849763245
Longitude: -90.47886550426485
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Aug 28, 2023
- Current Status
- Released on bail
- Date of release
- Nov 17, 2023
- Charge(s)
- Other
- Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
Despite the fact that article 9 of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala states that the interrogation must be held within 24 hours, in the case of the lawyer and defender of D.D.H.H. Claudia González, a malicious delay was observed, as the hearing corresponding to this procedure was suspended on several occasions.
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