Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala
2:35 pm
Eric Byrne (Dublin South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source
I welcome the witnesses. I have read the detailed documentation provided. It would make the hair on one's head stand on edge, especially if one is a woman in that society, or one of the indigenous people. It is horrendous. I congratulate the witnesses on their work. Obviously, without the rule of law any society is destined to be a failed state. The United Nations is playing a role. I note it was happy that the former head of the prison service was arrested and sentenced to 88 years in jail. With the political interference that the witnesses allege is happening in the composition of the Judiciary, does the United Nations play a role in trying to counteract that?
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