Bolivian Military Stalls and Pressures Civilian Authorities in Human Rights Investigation
After the Bolivian armed forces refused to allow special prosecutor Milton Mendoza access to their files from the Garcia Meza dictatorship (1980-1981), despite court orders permitting him to do so,…
Bolivian armed forces block investigation of dictatorship deaths
It sounded too good to be true, and, of course it was. The new Bolivian Defense Minister, Ruben Saavedra, stated that the government, “has full democratic will to make the…
Pending Reform Agenda: Impunity in Human Rights Violations
Military Trials in Human Rights Cases: Illegal and Reinforce Impunity Since 2001, high-profile human rights cases have been transferred to the Bolivian military tribunal, although the Bolivian constitution and law…
On Community Justice
Though the report refers anecdotally to punishments of adulterers and others accused of violating local norms, the cases which it actually documents are all instances of lynching, in which an…