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…
International Precedents in the Sánchez de Lozada Case
In addition, the Bolivian government is expected to present a formal extradition request to the U.S. State Department so that Sánchez de Lozada and two of his former ministers can…