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Weekly Report - 30 March 2017 (WR-17-12)
GUATEMALA: Morales under pressure over children’s rights
The issue of children’s rights in Guatemala has made international headlines in recent weeks due to two separate incidents: a deadly blaze following a riot at the Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción children’s centre, on 8 March; and a riot at the Centro Estatal Etapa II prison for juveniles and adults on 19 March. Both institutions are administered by Guatemala’s social welfare secretariat (SBS) whose directors have since been fired. With local institutions such as the human rights ombudsman (PDH) and international organisations like the United Nations (UN) and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expressing outrage, the Frente de Convergencia Nacional (FCN-Nación) government led by President Jimmy Morales, which took office in January 2016, is under pressure to make changes.
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