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
2:55 pm
Dr. Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey:
During the worst years of the war genocide was committed, but then the amount of violence decreased. After the signing of the peace accords the amount of violence increased again. We have higher levels of violence now than we did when the peace agreement was signed. This is linked to organised crime, gender violence and trafficking.