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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 05 May 2017

GUATEMALA: Seeking to strengthen justice

Following moves earlier this year aimed at rooting out corruption in Guatemala’s judiciary, ongoing efforts are underway aimed at strengthening the institution. Last week the United Nations (UN)-backed anti-impunity commission in Guatemala (Cicig), academics and judicial authorities launched a judicial observatory of criminal justice. The same week the national 158-member legislature also approved changes to legislation regulating the justice profession, in an effort to strengthen it (see sidebar).

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