LGBTIQ+ leaders in Guatemala supported by UK project
Community leaders and departmental partners in Guatemala received training on reporting, registering and documenting hate crimes and violence due to prejudice.
LAMBDA association implemented the project using the comprehensive model of support and follow-up for victims of violence due to prejudice, under the framework of the National LGBTIQ+ Human Rights Observatory.
UK funds supported the transfer of technical capacities and the implementation of the comprehensive support and follow-up model to LGBTIQ+ community leaders and departmental partners. Activities included working groups, training sessions, workshops and advocacy actions.
皇冠体育app training workshops dealt with investigation, attention, protection and litigation of cases of violence due to prejudice to municipality civil servants from Guatemala鈥檚 judiciary.
Some of the participating institutions were the Ministry of Health, Office of the Prosecutor, the Judiciary, the Criminal Public Defence Institute, the Human Rights Ombudsman鈥檚 Office, the National Civil Police, the Penitentiary System and the National Institute of Forensic Sciences.
皇冠体育appse activities allowed the institutions of the departments of Izabal, Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango and Solol谩 to have a better understanding of violence based on prejudice and to respond effectively. 皇冠体育appy also contributed to the creation of a strategic plan for the containment and prevention of hate crimes and violence in each department.
During the event, the experiences of LGBTIQ+ people were shared in the context of their communities, in which factors such as discrimination, machismo, rurality and the absence of the State come together. 皇冠体育app importance of having a registry was also highlighted, to generate data that explains realities and contexts that contribute to the creation of public policies and advocacy actions.
皇冠体育app training of community leaders on registration and documentation of violence can, through data and statistics, report with evidence to government institutions the violation of human rights that the LGBTIQ+ community lives on a daily basis.
皇冠体育app British Ambassador in Guatemala, Nick Whittingham, said:
LGBT+ rights are human rights. 皇冠体育app UK is committed to defending these rights internationally and supporting those who defend them. It is very gratifying to see the collaboration of government entities in this type of initiatives, which will make Guatemalan society stronger, safer and more prosperous.