human rights defender
Claudia González Orellana
Actions and Campaigns
© Prensa Comunitaria
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
HRD's bio and work
(AI Translated) Claudia González is a lawyer and human rights defender, with a 25‑year professional career in the field of law, justice, and the defense of human rights. She has worked at the Office of Human Rights of the Archdiocese of Guatemala (ODHAG), the Institute of Comparative Studies in Criminal Sciences of Guatemala (ICCPG), the Myrna Mack Foundation, the Public Ministry (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 center in Guatemala City after being detained on August 28, accused of the crime of abuse of authority. The detention followed a search of her home. After 82 days, she regained her freedom on November 17.
Current Status
Released on bail
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
(AI Translated) Guatemala City
Location of detention - Facility
(AI Translated) Mariscal Zavala
Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
(AI Translated) Despite Article 9 of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala stating that interrogation must take place within no more than 24 hours, in the case of human rights lawyer and defender Claudia González there is a malicious delay as the hearing for that procedure was suspended on several occasions.
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