BAN APPOINTS COLOMBIAN TO HEAD UN-BACKED COMMISSION TO TACKLE IMPUNITY IN GUATEMALA

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Date: 2 Sep 2013 20:00:00 -0400
Subject: BAN APPOINTS COLOMBIAN TO HEAD UN-BACKED COMMISSION TO TACKLE
IMPUNITY IN GUATEMALA
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BAN APPOINTS COLOMBIAN TO HEAD UN-BACKED COMMISSION TO TACKLE IMPUNITY
IN GUATEMALANew York, Sep 2 2013 8:00PMSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon
today appointed Iván Velásquez Gómez of Colombia to head the United
Nations-backed commission charged with dismantling illegal armed
groups and tackling impunity in Guatemala.

Mr. Velásquez is a former auxiliary magistrate of Colombia's Supreme
Court, where he coordinated high-profile investigations into links
between paramilitary groups and public officials.

He also has extensive prosecutorial and investigative experience in
Colombia's Attorney General's Office and as Regional Director of the
Public Prosecutor's office covering the Department of Antioquia.

Mr. Velásquez succeeds outgoing Commissioner Francisco Dall'Anese of
Costa Rica, who served at the helm of the International Commission
against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) for three years, stepping down
by the end of his term on 4 September.

In a statement released from his spokesperson, Mr. Ban thanked Mr.
Dall'Anese for his "deep commitment to the fight against impunity and
efforts to strengthen Guatemala's justice institutions".

The United Nations and the Guatemalan Government set up CICIG in 2006
as an independent body to support the public prosecutors' office, the
national civilian police and other institutions to investigate a
limited number of sensitive and difficult cases regarding illegal
security groups and clandestine security organizations and also
dismantle them.

Based in Guatemala City, the capital, since it began operations in
early 2008, CICIG seeks to bolster the rule of law and is permitted by
its mandate to conduct independent investigations and help authorities
bring representative cases to trial in national courts.
Sep 2 2013 8:00PM
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