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Communities submit report on socio-ecological impacts of the armed conflict in Montes de María to the JEP with the support of Guernica 37 Centre.
On September 5, the Guernica 37 Centre accompanied the Organizations of Displaced Population of Montes de María (OPDs) in the hearing for the submission of the report “Socio-Ecological Impacts of the Internal Armed Conflict in Montes de María in Macro-Case 08” before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP).
Sep 26, 20255 min read
ANALYSIS: "Alleged Mexican Cartel Members Buy Time With Legal Mechanism" by OCCRP
The recent The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project investigation on how powerful actors in Mexico have used the amparo trial to delay extraditions highlights ongoing challenges in access to justice, at a moment when Mexico–US law enforcement cooperation is itself in flux.
Sep 17, 20251 min read
Reclaiming Ancestral Identity and Memory: Northern Cauca Communities in Cali’s Petronio Álvarez Festival
The Petronio Álvarez Festival, named after the Afro-Colombian composer and musician Petronio Álvarez (1914–1966) from Buenaventura, has become a symbol of the Pacific region’s cultural and musical identity.
Sep 16, 20256 min read
Guernica 37 Bids Farewell to José María Tojeira, Jesuit Priest Who Devoted His Life to Truth and Justice in El Salvador
On September 5, 2025, Father José María Tojeira - known to his friends as “Chema” - passed away.
Sep 9, 20255 min read
Almudena Bernabeu and Olga Valle in conversation with Andrés Rozental: "When state political violence turns transnational"
The case of Roberto Samcam, Nicaraguan journalist and activist assassinated in Costa Rica last June. Have we returned to the days of Operation Condor under dictator Augusto Pinochet?
Aug 25, 20251 min read
"Channeling Transitional Justice: Socio-Ecological Claims of Afro-Colombian Communities in Northen Cauca for the Recognition of the Cauca River as a Victim of the Conflict." - New Publication
In a newly published article in Revista de Historia y Sociedad (National University of Colombia), Guernica 37 Centre’s associate members Juliana Galindo, Rebeca Huete, María Mónica Herrera, and Deyanira Peña share insights from Northern Cauca, where Afro-descendant communities have brought the voice of their territories before Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP for its acronym in Spanish), calling for the Cauca River to be recognized as a victim of the armed confl
Jul 17, 20254 min read
“In the face of that abandonment, we came together—as civil society—to resist silence and impunity.”— Nayarit plaintiffs, quoted in the LA Times
The Los Angeles Times has spotlighted the groundbreaking legal action spearheaded by the G37 Centre in U.S. courts to advance accountability for gross human rights violations in Mexico. The case, brought under the Torture Victim Protection Act, focuses on abuses in Nayarit—a context shaped, as in many parts of Mexico, by the entanglement of public power and criminal interests, where violent turf wars reveal fractured governance and deep territorial contestation. It speaks to
Jul 7, 20251 min read
NY Times Article: Refugees Worry: Is Nicaragua Assassinating Government Critics in Costa Rica?
The New York Times echoes Guernica 37’s commitment to pursue justice for the killing of Roberto Samcam. Representing the family of the most recent victim of the Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo regime in Nicaragua provides an opportunity to seek accountability for the ongoing abuses. Almudena Bernabéu and Guernica 37 are honoured to take on this responsibility.
Jun 30, 20251 min read
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